What: En route to delivering new plane to Minnesota.
Where: When the engine quite, the pilot found the La Porte County soybean field just north of Indiana 4 next to Whispering Meadows subdivision, executing a textbook emergency landing.
When: 9/18/2008 Thursday
Who: flight instructor/plane salesman/Pilot Anthony DeBaney
Why: Engine quit at noon Thursday. The single passenger plane dropped 4,500 feet several miles from La Porte Municipal Airport. The pilot is quoted as saying "Planes glide when the engine quits and so you have several miles to figure out what to do" The pilot radioed of his difficulties and described seeing a water tower and other landmarks to try and pinpoint his location. The plane's purchaser lives north of Duluth.
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