Plane makes emergency landing near South El Monte
SOUTH EL MONTE -- An experimental airplane pilot walked away unharmed Sunday after making an emergency landing in a wash area in an unincorporated county area near South El Monte, authorities said.
The incident occurred about 10:40 a.m. in the wash near Rush Street and Loma Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Walker said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the small, single-person aircraft to fall from the sky, he said.
The plane sustained minor damage in the emergency landing, but the pilot, a man in his early 50s, was unharmed, the sergeant said.
The pilot managed to avoid obstacles in the wash, such as a large boulder and high tension wires, Walker said.
"He's lucky he put it down where he did."
The incident occurred about 10:40 a.m. in the wash near Rush Street and Loma Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Walker said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the small, single-person aircraft to fall from the sky, he said.
The plane sustained minor damage in the emergency landing, but the pilot, a man in his early 50s, was unharmed, the sergeant said.
The pilot managed to avoid obstacles in the wash, such as a large boulder and high tension wires, Walker said.
"He's lucky he put it down where he did."
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