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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