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ODESSA- A plane made a surprise landing in an Odessa neighborhood Friday afternoon. It landed on 87th Street between Harvard Ave. and Rainbow Dr. after the plane ran out of gas and had to make an emergency landing. NewsWest 9 talked to neighbors about the incredible sight in their front yards.
"I came to get my mail and I said and I saw the plane sitting in the street and I thought, wow, a new runway," resident, Sandy King, said.
The Department of Public Safety said the plane was flying into Schlemeyer Field Airport from Arizona when apparently it ran out of fuel.
"The pilot stated his instruments showed he still had fuel left but evidently his gage was a little off and he ran out of fuel just shy of Schlemeyer field and when he realized he wasn't going to make it, he looked the biggest open area he could land and 87th Street is the spot that he chose," Department of Public Safety Sergeant, Hunter Lewis, said.
JR Flores was working on the homes off 87th and Harvard when he saw the whole thing happened.
"The airplane came down over this way, the first set of power lines, he barely went over those ones and then when he got to the second power lines, he barely missed them, he just went right underneath them. It was pretty crazy man, I got pretty shaken up but you know you got safe down and safe on the ground," Flores said.
Three people were inside the plane and no one was hurt. It was just a little excitement for folks living in the neighborhood.
"Something different I never seen, I only lived out here for a month and this is a little bit exciting for our neighborhood, as long as everybody is safe," King said.
A fuel truck was called in to fill up the plane and authorities let the pilot go and land at Schlemeyer Field.
Several streets were blocked off Friday afternoon for about two hours but then they were re-opened. DPS says they won't cite the pilot for landing on the street.
UPDATE: 2:24 P.M. - The plane that made an emergency landing in Odessa has taken off.
UPDATE: 2:05 P.M. - Here's some more information on the plane that made the emergency landing. According to Flightaware.com, the flight originated from Ontario, California then landed in Blythe, California on Thursday night. The plane then took off this morning and was en route to Schlemeyer Field but ran out of fuel. The plane is a Piper PA-24 Comanche Aircraft.
UPDATE: 2:00 P.M.
Traffic Advisory: The following roadways/intersections have been shut down while law enforcement investigate the emergency landing of a single engine aircraft; 87th from Cornell Street to Dawn Ave east and westbound lanes.
UPDATE: 1:46 P.M.
NewsWest 9 has learned that the plane that landed at 87th and Rainbow was from Arizona and was going to land at Schlemeyer Field in Odessa. Officials on the scene tell NewsWest 9, the pilot thought he had enough fuel to get him to Schlemeyer Field but the gauges in the plane were malfunctioning, which caused the plane to have to make an emergency landing.
UPDATE: 1:32 PM
Odessa Police Department Statement - The pilot of a single engine aircraft made an emergency landing on Highway U.S. 385 at 87th Street. He was not injured. The East bound lane of U.S. 385 is closed to traffic. Officials asked that people avoid that area while the scene is being investigated. This incident will be investigated by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Once the plane is refueled it will be allowed to take off.
UPDATE: 1:08 PM
We're told that three occupants were on board the plane that landed at 87th and Rainbow in Odessa. It appears the plane landed safely. No word on why the pilot had to make an emergency landing. We do have a crew on the scene and will bring you more information when it becomes available.
ODESSA - NewsWest 9 has learned that a plane has made an emergency landing in Odessa.
Details are limited at this time, however, the plane landed at 87th and Rainbow in Odessa. It is not yet known why the plane made the emergency landing.
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