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Plane catches fire after belly landing at an Arizona airport

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Posted at 6:24 AM, Dec 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-20 13:34:13-05

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane caught fire after having to make a wheels-up belly landing at Lake Havasu Municipal Airport.

Responding city fire crews say the emergency landing punctured the plane’ right-side fuel tank, but the fire was extinguished quickly.

Authorities say the pilot was the only person aboard the plane and was not injured. Today’s News-Herald reported that the plane took off from Houston.

According to FAA records, the pilot was Richard S. Britton of Green Valley.

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