MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A small plane landed on I-17 on the evening of Sept. 6, the Arizona Department of Transportation reports.
At approximately 5:40 p.m., the Arizona Department of Public Safety Operational Communications received a call from Phoenix Sky Harbor Air Traffic Control about an aircraft traveling from Utah to Mesa's Falcon Field Airport. The plane was experiencing an engine malfunction and was going to attempt an emergency landing on Interstate 17.
DPS troopers arrived on the scene to find a Cessna 172 airplane parked on the right shoulder pf I-17, just north of Sunset Point.
The pilot was the only passenger on board, had no injuries and no damage was done to the aircraft. The plane was not blocking traffic, but troopers are waiting with the pilot for transportation to arrive to remove the airplane from the highway.
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