Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cessna 150: Pilot Makes Emergency Plane Landing After Losing Power. Princeton Municipal Airport (KPNM), Minnesota.



PRINCETON — A Princeton man was uninjured this morning after his plane crashed in Baldwin Township.

Sherburne County deputies were called at 11 a.m. about the crash. Barry Ramage, 33, made an emergency landing in a single-engine Cessna 152 just south of the Princeton Airport.

The plane reached an altitude of 400 feet before losing all power, Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott said.

Ramage was able to glide the plane over a field while descending, Brott said. The plane flipped end over end when it touched down and was heavily damaged.

Princeton police and fire assisted at the scene. The sheriff’s office and Federation Aviation Administration is investigating.

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A Princeton man had to make an emergency plane landing this morning in Baldwin Township.

The sheriff’s office says 33-year-old Barry Ramage took off around 11 a.m. when he lost all power at 400 feet. Fortunately, Ramage was able to glide the plane over a field while he landed.

The plane, which was a single-engine Cessna 152, flipped end over end when it touched down, causing heavy damage. Ramage was uninjured.

The sheriff’s office and the FAA are investigating the crash.


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A small airplane crashed in a field south of the runway of the Princeton Municipal Airport Tuesday.

Emergency services personnel were called to the scene of the crash at 10:57 a.m.

The crash scene was in a field about 100 yards north of Prairie Restoration’s westernmost buildings off of Sherburne County Road 42.

Princeton Fire Chief Jim Roxbury confirmed that the pilot escaped injury.


Small plane crashes near Princeton in 'end over end' style; pilot unhurt

A private plane tumbled to a crash landing late Tuesday morning near the Princeton, Minn., airport, and the pilot came away uninjured, authorities said.

The Cessna 152 "flipped end over end when it touched down and sustained heavy damage," the Sheriff's Office said.

Walking away unscathed from the wreckage just south of Princeton Airport in Baldwin Township was Barry Ramage, 33, of Princeton, the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office said. Ramage was the only person aboard.

According to the Sheriff's Office:

The plane took shortly before 11 a.m., climbed to about 400 feet and lost power. It glided over a farm field while descending to its eventual demise.

Authorities have yet to determine why the plane lost power.

The propeller-driven Cessna 152 seats two people and is often used for training and personal transportation.

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