Small plane makes emergency landing in Lafayette field
A fixed-wing, single-engine plane made an emergency landing in a field off Meadows Road Sunday afternoon, according to state police.
Lt. Ted Schafer said the pilot reported that his aircraft, a Cessna 172N, lost power and he attempted to coast the plane into an open field. He was able to land successfully with only minor damage to the front nose wheel.
The occupants of the plane — identified as Ilya Kipnis, 22, of Brooklyn, NY and Auraham Kohen, 42, of Demarest — were not injured, Schafer said.
The pair had departed from Caldwell Airport at 2:15 p.m. and were doing some flying practice over the Lafayette area. After the electrical or mechanical issue and subsequent emergency landing, troopers responded at about 3:45 p.m. and transported the pair to the barracks in Frankford where they were picked up by the aircraft’s owner, Schafer said.
