Small plane makes emergency landing near Eloy Municipal Airport

ELOY, AZ (AZFamily) — No injuries were reported after a small plane made an emergency landing in a desert area near an airport in Pinal County.

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Tuesday morning, fire crews were called to reports of a possible plane crash north of the Eloy Municipal Airport. First responders arrived to find there was no crash and that the aircraft made an emergency landing in the desert due to engine failure.

The Eloy Fire District reported no one was hurt and that units have since cleared the scene.

The incident is the latest in a series of emergency landings involving small planes in Arizona. Since April, at least six planes have been forced to make emergency landings.

One case involved a plane that landed on a Phoenix roadway after experiencing engine trouble. Weeks later, a plane nearly hit a pickup truck during an emergency landing on U.S. 60 near Superior.

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In mid-May, a plane experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff and was forced to land on a state highway near Lake Havasu City.

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