Feb 23, 2026

Small plane makes emergency landing in Kan. cornfield

Posted Feb 23, 2026 10:00 PM
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LYON COUNTY— A pilot and passenger avoided injury after an emergency plane landing just before 10a.m. Monday in Lyon County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1977 Grumman American fixed wing single-engine aircraft piloted by 41-year-old Joseph Ira Glover of Defuniak Springs, Flordia made the emergency landing when the propeller on the aircraft stoped working.

The plane came down in a corn field at 3951 N K-99 just southwest of the Road 400 intersection.   

Glover and a passenger were not injured. The FAA and NTSB will investigate.