Plane lands on I-35
07:05 PM CDT on Sunday, September 10, 2006
A single-engine plane made an unscheduled landing on Interstate 35W in Denton on Sunday afternoon after a fuel transfer switch failed.
Denton police spokesman Jim Bryan said the Cessna landed in the northbound lanes just south of FM2449 about 4:35 p.m.
The two occupants of the plane were not injured, he said, and no cars on the interstate were struck.
The plane was en route from Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport to the Denton Municipal Airport, said Mark Nelson, chief transportation officer with the Denton airport.
Bryan did not know the identities of the plane’s occupants.
“They had another tank of fuel, but the switch would not work, so the tank they were using ran out,” Bryan said.
Denton patrol officers shut down the interstate highway and escorted a fuel truck from the airport to the scene. After refueling the working tank, the Cessna took off from the highway and flew on its way, Bryan said.
Officers reopened the highway at 5:45 p.m.
The plane landed at the Denton airport at 5:50 p.m., Nelson said.
