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Small plane makes emergency Wash. landing

The Columbian
Published: April 9, 2012, 5:00pm

DUNGENESS, Wash. (AP) — A small plane made a precautionary landing on a grass airstrip near Dungeness, Wash., on the Olympic Peninsula but neither the pilot nor the flight instructor was hurt.

The Peninsula Daily News reports (http://is.gd/cKLwVW ) that the pilot said he brought the plane down Tuesday after a leak developed in the right fuel tank and the single-engine aircraft lost lift.

The pilot declined to identify himself.

The newspaper says the plane missed a 100-foot bluff by 30 yards as it landed on the private airstrip. The pilot says the prop and landing gear were bent.

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Information from: Peninsula Daily News, http://www.peninsuladailynews.com

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