JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa — A small airplane had to make an emergency landing on a highway in Johnson County, Iowa this weekend, according to the sheriff's office.
It happened around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 along southbound Highway 218. Officials said a Stearman model plane landed safely on the roadway and the pilot steered it toward a drainage ditch after running out of fuel.
No injuries were reported and the aircraft was not damaged, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said.
The road was closed for around a minute before the airplane received fuel from local law enforcement and took off again. JSCO said the Federal Aviation Administration was contacted about the incident.
The Iowa City Police Department, Iowa State Patrol and the Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center assisted with the incident.
