Cessna 182: Emergency landing on highway in west Broward - Florida

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The pilot of a small plane is okay after he was forced to make an emergency landing on U.S. 27 in western Broward County.

Around 8 a.m. the pilot of a Cessna 182, who had left Opa-locka airport on a flight to Sebring, brought the plane on the U.S. 27 between Griffin Road and Sheridan Street, according to the FAA.

The pilot to Broward Sheriff’s deputies he was forced to land after the plane developed an oil leak.
The plane was not damaged and pilot was not injured. 


A small private plane made an emergency landing Sunday morning on busy northbound lanes of U.S. 27 in west Broward County.

No one on board the plane or on the ground was injured, but traffic is being stopped in a section of the highway.

The emergency landing occurred at around 9 a.m. when the pilot encountered mechanical problem and put down the plane on the major roadway in Southwest Ranches, near the Griffin Road exit.

As of 10 a.m., the northbound lanes remain closed to traffic. Southbound traffic was moving.

The emergency landing comes two days after three people were killed in a fiery small plane crash in Broward.