HIGHLAND — At 2:20 p.m.
Sunday residents along rural Baumann Road about four miles east of this
village heard a single engine plane slow down, and then cut its engine.
The
aircraft, which took off in Michigan bound for Arkansas, had simply run
out of fuel, said Highland Police Department Ptl. Rob Horner.
"We
got a call from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) that a pilot
had run out of fuel and was about to land," Horner said. "The next call
we got was from a passerby who said there was a plane on the road."
The
impromptu landing went without a hitch, said Horner. A message went out
to the nearby Greenville Airport, who sent a driver with a five-gallon
can of aviation fuel that allowed the unidentified pilot to fire up his
craft's engine and take off again.
Baumann Road's intersection with St. Rose Road is near where the landing took place.
