Pilot makes emergency landing on central Minnesota highway

PIERZ, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Morrison County are investigating why the pilot of a single engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing Monday afternoon on Highway 27 west of Pierz.

The sheriff’s office says a small plane piloted by Aaron Casper of Eden Prairie lost engine power at 3,500 feet and made an emergency landing on the highway.

Deputies say Casper drove the plane into the ditch to avoid traffic but wasn’t injured. The plane went down near the Eastern Morrison County Sportsman Club.

The report says he was traveling from the Brainerd lakes area to Eden Prairie.