Crime & Safety
Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Wilder Ranch State Park
The plane lost power during a training flight over Scotts Valley, according to Cal Fire.
SAN CARLOS, CA — Two people aboard a small plane from San Carlos Flight Center in San Mateo County safely made an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon in a field in Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz County.
Firefighters from Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit (CZU) responded to the 7,000-acre coastal park situated west of the city of Santa Cruz after the emergency landing at about 11:55 a.m., according to Cal Fire and flight tracking records from FlightAware.
The plane lost power during a training flight over Scotts Valley, according to Cal Fire.
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The plane after took off from San Carlos Airport, where the flight school San Carlos Flight Center is based, at 11:13 a.m.
A request for comment from the school's owner was not returned by press time.
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There were no injuries and no damage to the plane, which is a single-piston Cessna 152, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
FAA records show the plane was built in 1977 and had its registration renewed in 2021, through 2028.
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