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Plane makes emergency landing after propeller falls off

Credit: 3TV

by 3TV

Posted on October 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM

Updated Thursday, Oct 29 at 4:05 PM

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CHANDLER -- A small plane made an emergency landing near Old Price and Queen Creek roads Thursday morning.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the propeller came off in-flight and hit a wing, which caused the plane to make an emergency landing.

The plane landed just short of the Gila River Memorial Airport.

The pilot was the only person on board and he was not injured.

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