HILLSBORO, Kan.—A pilot avoided injury after a rough landing just before noon Friday in Marion County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the landing gear on a 1964 Beechcraft fixed wing, single engine aircraft piloted by 69-year-old Perry V. Proffitt, of Keller, Texas, failed.
The plane made a belly landing at the Hillsboro Municipal Airport.
Proffit was not injured. The NTSB will investigate.