A small plane made a hard landing in an Arkansas bean field this afternoon, but neither of the two people in the plane were seriously hurt, officials said.
The incident happened about 2:30 p.m., after the plane took off from the Gen. DeWitt Spain Airport in North Memphis.
The plane had engine trouble, said Chief Mike Callender with the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department.
The pilot tried to land in the bean field just west of the levee off Gammon Road, but didn’t quite pull it off, Callender said.
“They almost successfully put it down, but the wing dipped down and they spun around,” Callender said.
Callender said neither person in the plane was hospitalized.
The incident happened about 2:30 p.m., after the plane took off from the Gen. DeWitt Spain Airport in North Memphis.
The plane had engine trouble, said Chief Mike Callender with the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department.
The pilot tried to land in the bean field just west of the levee off Gammon Road, but didn’t quite pull it off, Callender said.
“They almost successfully put it down, but the wing dipped down and they spun around,” Callender said.
Callender said neither person in the plane was hospitalized.
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