A single-engine plane made a compelled touchdown on a avenue in Santa Maria on Saturday after experiencing mechanical issues, authorities reported.
The Beechcraft Bonanza landed at about 4 p.m. within the 2600 block of Clark Highway, in accordance with the Santa Barbara County Fireplace Division.
The airplane had been en route from the Van Nuys Airport to the San Luis Obispo Airport when the pilot reported engine bother and diverted towards the Santa Maria Airport.
However the airplane received inside solely 5 miles of that airport earlier than touchdown on the street.
The craft hit an influence line on the way in which down, “however the pilot managed to keep away from site visitors and even got here to a cease off the street,” hearth division public info officer Mike Eliason in a tweet.
Neither the pilot nor anybody on the bottom was injured.
Utility crews had been dispatched to restore the downed energy line.
