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Cessna Pilot Patient and Passenger Glides Safely to Emergency Landing


What: Cessna 210 en route from Aurora, Illinois to Holman Field in St. Paul (for patient pickup) en route to Waukegan, Illinois.
Where: Lake Elmo, MN, south of 10th Street North between Inwood Avenue North and Keats Avenue North, north of Interstate 94.
When: Wednesday morning 10:30 am Dec 10
Who: 1 pilot and 2 passengers
Why: Shortly after takeoff, the Angel Flight experienced engine problems at 3,000 feet. With insufficient power to stay in the air, the plane glided to a landing 1n a soybean field. Another Angel Flight volunteer pilot completed the cancer patient’s flight to medical treatment.

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