MCPHERSON COUNTY—A Kansas pilot had a mishap with his aircraft just before noon Saturday in McPherson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1941 Piper Fixed-Wing Single Engine Aircraft piloted by Justin T. Coletti, 33, Salina, lost a piece of his door off of the plane.
The aircraft was circling around to locate but landed in a field 500 yards East of 25th Avenue and Arapaho Road southeast of Moundridge.
The pilot aborted the takeoff because there was not enough distance for a safe takeoff and landed again. While the plane was rolling, the pilot had a hard brake when coming to a stop, nosed into the ground and put a slight dent in the propeller blades. There were no injuries.
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