ELLIS COUNTY—Three people avoided injury when a small plane made a belly landing just after 1p.m. Saturday in Ellis County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1965 Mooney M20E piloted by John Michael Hershey, 58, Monument, Colorado, was making a final landing approach to Hays Regional Airport. The manual landing gear failed to fully engage.
Upon landing, the landing gear collapsed under the aircraft and it made a belly landing on the runway.
Hershey and two passengers were not injured. The KHP reported no additional details.