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LONGMONT — A single-engine propeller plane landed safely on Hover Street on Sunday evening, missing streetlights, trees and holiday traffic.
“This is absolutely amazing,” said Tim Barth, airport manager at Vance Brand Municipal Airport, as he noted the lights on both sides of Hover. “There is no wiggle room.”
According to Barth and Longmont police, the pilot – John Pritchard of Lafayette – and his teenage daughter had been flying back to Boulder from Plattsmouth, Neb., when their Piper Cherokee Archer II began to have engine trouble. Sgt. James Sawinska said the pilot got permission to divert to Vance Brand, then realized he wasn’t going to make it.
“He had a choice of the roadway or off to the side,” Sawinska said.
