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Cessna Lands on Model Runway


What: single-engine Cessna en route from North Carolina to Long Island NY
Where: Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island NY
When: April 15, 2012, 4 pm
Who: pilot and student
Why: Pilot David J. Jensen and a student were in the single-engine Cessna when it developed engine problems. The pilots made a safe landing on a Heckscher State Park runway normally dedicated to model planes.

The plane was not allowed to take off from that runway, and was dismantled for removal.

The incident is under investigation.

Plane makes emergency landing on L.I.: MyFoxNY.com

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