A plane made an emergency landing in a field west of the Vance Brand Municipal Airport on Sunday night, making it the third to land in fields near the airport this year.
Between 9 and 9:30 p.m., a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk experienced engine trouble and landed in the 6900 block of St. Vrain Road, according to Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Carrie Haverfield. Only the pilot, who was not injured, was in the plane, which was minimally damaged, Haverfield said.
The plane, with the tail number N738HD, is owned and operated by Aero-Sphere, a flight school with a location at the Longmont airport, according to its website…