A light plane forced to make an emergency landing Friday at McClellan airport in North Highlands touched down safely, said Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District officials.
No one was hurt in the incident just after noon, said Metro Fire Capt. Mark Nunez, in a statement.
An Orangevale man piloting a Piper Tomahawk was conducting touch-and-go exercises at the airport when the plane’s landing gear failed to engage about 12:23 p.m., Nunez said. The malfunction forced the pilot to slide the plane to a stop on its belly in a controlled landing…