NEWMAN LAKE, Wash. – A pilot flying a single engine aircraft near Eller Airstrip managed to survive without injury after their plane reportedly lost power in the air, forcing them to make an emergency landing in a nearby field by Newman Lake.
Newman Lake Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Daron Bement said that the plane’s emergency landing was reported around 2 p.m. on September 27 close to the 10200 block of North McCoy Road near Newman Lake.
The pilot was the only person in the plane and made an emergency landing in an open field and crashed into a barbed wire fence…