Pilot makes landing on road

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Oct 24, 2012 at 6:09 am

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) A Michigan pilot trying to land at St. Cloud Regional Airport mistook a road for the airstrip in rainy weather.

Sixty-seven-year-old Bruce Deckinga of Petoskey, Mich., intended to land at the airport for refueling Tuesday afternoon when he landed on a county road.

Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott says Deckinga undershot the runway and set the Beechcraft Bonanza on the road.

Deckinga says the weather was ``less than ideal'' for flying.

Deckinga and his passengers flew in from Pierre, S.D., and were headed back to Michigan. No one was hurt.

The pilot and his passengers helped push the plane onto airport grounds. Deckinga expects to be back in the air today.

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