A small monoplane with two people on board in the midst of a training session made an emergency landing in a field near Woodroffe Avenue and Slack Road Saturday afternoon.
The monoplane had to make the forced landing at about 2 p.m. after being unable to reach the airport.
A Beechcraft Duchess twin engine monoplane operated by the Ottawa Flying Club made a forced landing in a Barrhaven field on Saturday during a training session. (Ottawa Fire Services)The Ottawa Flying Club confirmed later Saturday that its Beechcraft Duchess BE76 twin engine, C-FDMO, was the plane involved, and that the landing happened during a training session.
Emergency responders were initially having a difficult time reaching the landing site in the field, but the pilot and the passenger were standing next to the plane waving to firefighters as they arrived.
The fuel supply to the plane was shut off and there was no fire, according to fire department spokesman Marc Messier.
The pilot and passenger were uninjured, he added. Paramedics, however, were standing by along Woodroffe to assess them once they reach the road on fire department snowmobiles.
The plane landed upright on its underside, Messier said, and there appeared to be no major structural damage.
The crash site was about 700 yards from Woodroffe, Messier said.
Officials from the Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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Small plane makes emergency landing near Woodroffe and Slack Road
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Chris Hofley ,Ottawa Sun First posted: Saturday, February 09, 2013 02:28 PM EST
Firefighters used a snowmobile to get from Woodroffe Avenue to a two-seater plane, which was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 about one-kilometre into a field near Slack Road. There were no injuries. CHRIS HOFLEY/OTTAWA SUN/QMI AGENCY
Two people walked away unhurt after a two-person plane made an emergency landing in a field near Woodroffe Ave. and Slack Rd. Saturday.
The unplanned landing may have happened during a flying lesson, Ottawa Police Sgt. Christina Wolf said at the scene.
The plane veered off course and landed in the field at about 1:30 p.m., fire officials said.
Wolf said the plane landed “on its belly” in the snow. She wouldn’t say whether the plane had any visible signs of damage.
Fire crews, paramedics and police were at the scene much of the afternoon but had difficulty reaching the plane because of deep snow.
The plane went down in the field about one kilometre west of Woodroffe.
Firefighters used a snowmobile to ferry others between the plane and the road. By 3 p.m. the plane’s occupants had left the scene.
The cause remains under investigation.
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