Salina, KS

Now: 66 °

Currently: Clouds

Hi: 70 ° | Lo: 45 °

Plane Makes Belly Landing in Hillsboro

Todd PittengerSeptember 25, 2021

A pilot from Texas was able to walk away after he was forced to make a rough landing at a small airport in Central Kansas.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 69-year-old Perry Proffitt from Keller, Texas, was flying a 1964 Beechcraft single-engine fixed wing aircraft. The agency says as he was landing at Hillsboro Municipal Airport when the landing gear failed. The aircraft landed on its belly.

Proffitt was not injured in the landing.

The incident happened at 11:50 Friday morning at the airport in Hillsboro.

 

 

 

Copyright © Meridian Media, 2023. All Rights Reserved. No part of this story may be reproduced without Meridian Media’s express consent.

CATEGORIES :

STAY IN TOUCH!

GET OUR APP!

LATEST POSTS

Central Presents “T...
March 30, 2023Comments
Salina Police Log 3-30-23
March 30, 2023Comments
Officer Headbutted While ...
March 30, 2023Comments
Motorcycle Rider Arrested...
March 30, 2023Comments

LISTEN LIVE