MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Two experienced pilots walked away uninjured Friday after making an emergency landing in a field near 91st Avenue and Baseline Road when their small aircraft experienced engine problems during a routine flight.
Pilot Jim Stark and passenger Pete Biddle, both Sun City residents, were returning to Goodyear after having breakfast in Chandler when Stark’s Cessna 172 began losing power near Gila Crossing around noon.
“We took off out of Chandler, it just didn’t sound right,” Biddle said. “And then we got near Gila Crossing… the RPM was dropping. It just wasn’t doing anything at all.”…