Washington County, WI – A 67-year-old Milwaukee pilot and his passenger escaped injury Saturday afternoon, October 24, after their vintage aircraft suffered an engine failure, prompting a Mayday call and an emergency landing in a farmer’s field in the Town of Addison.
According to the Washington County Sheriff‘s Office, Milwaukee Air Traffic Control contacted deputies around 4:32 p.m. after Madison Approach received a Mayday transmission from a private aircraft reporting engine trouble.
The aircraft, a 1941 Aeronca Super Chief, was forced to make an emergency landing near the 5100 block of Deer Road…