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Circa 1943 Aircraft Force Lands

Written by Jay Stevens

Tuesday, June 26,2012 | 5:04 pm
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The intended landing spot was the Porter County Regional Airport, within a mile away.  Yet, severe engine problems caused a World War II era small plane to choose the southbound lanes of SR-49, the Valparaiso bypass, just north of the SR-2 exit.  Kyle Kuebler, Director of the Porter County Regional Airport told Northwest Indiana's Newsroom that the plane, a 1943 Taylorcraft,  executed a textbook perfect forced landing.  Kuebler credits the seasoned pilot's experience as the reason that the pilot and his passenger walked away without any injuries or damage to the plane.

Plane landing on Highway 49 in Valparaiso