Plane slides off runway while landing at SLO County airport
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Update, 4:10 p.m.:
A representative of SunWest Aviation has confirmed there were no injuries in the plane incident at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport on Thursday afternoon.
According to flight school manager Allie Settle, “everybody is A-OK,” following the Cessna sliding off the runway.
Settle said the incident was due to a complication upon landing and that the pilot manged to slide the aircraft to the left and gently steer it into the grass.
“He’s totally fine,” she said. “He’s at home safe, totally good and the plane is perfect. Not a scratch actually, not even a grass stain.”
Original story:
A private plane slid off the runaway Thursday afternoon while landing at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, prompting a response from emergency vehicles.
The single-engine 1979 Cessna Skyhawk came to rest on the embankment in grass beside the runway, across from Thread Lane next to Buckley Road.
According to the flight-tracking website flightaware.com, the plane had just returned from a 2-1/2-hour circle trip to Bakersfield when the rough landing happened at around 1:30 p.m.
The four-seat propeller plane is owned by Sunwest Aviation out of Santa Ynez, according to flightaware.com.
It’s unclear if anyone was injured, though ambulance response was canceled for the incident, according to emergency scanner traffic.
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This story was originally published June 2, 2022 at 2:30 PM.
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