Investigators are trying to determine what caused the pilot of a single engine plane to make an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon on a snow covered baseball field near 136th and Millard Avenue.
The call came in around 2:20 Investigators said flight instructor and student were inside the plane but both men walked away without injuries.
Jim Bolamperti works nearby and tells NewsRadio 1110 KFAB the low-flying plane got his attention.
“I looked up and the plane was making funny noises and he’s just barely clearing those treetops. And it sounded like he was clipping some of them," Bolamperti says.
"Then I heard some other loud noises which might have been him hitting that wire, there. I ran over here and sure enough there he is, right up there against the fence." The plane actually took down a portion of an outfield fence.
Bolamperti says he hears planes come in and out of the Millard Airport daily, but said the plane wasn't making much noise at all as it came down onto the ball field.
The circumstances of the incident remain under investigation. This close call follows an incident last Saturday in which engine trouble forced a small plane down in a field near 144th and Giles Road. There were no injuries in that case either.