A small plane crash-landed in a marsh in East Palo Alto today after a student pilot lost altitude during a touch-and-go maneuver, a common landing and takeoff practice while learning to fly a fixed wing aircraft. Fortunately, no one was injured and the student pilot's newly purchased plane only suffered minor damage.
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EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A flight student and instructor were conducting landing and takeoff exercises in a small plane just before they were forced to make an emergency landing on a dirt road near East Palo Alto this morning, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
A preliminary investigation into the emergency revealed that the Beechcraft Musketeer's engine started running roughly during flight exercises at Palo Alto Airport, prompting the forced landing about two miles west of the airport at 9:47 a.m., FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.
Neither the instructor nor the student was injured, Gregor said.
The plane's left wing struck a tree after the landing, causing substantial damage.
The incident remains under investigation by the FAA.
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