Aircraft Goes Off Runway, No Injuries Reported: Officials

Buffalo Grove IL

21 November, 2021

1:43 PM

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BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Wheeling and Prospect Heights emergency crews responded Sunday morning to an aircraft that went off the runway at Chicago Executive Airport, 1020 Plant Road in Wheeling, according to Wheeling Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Theobald. At approximately 11 a.m. a single-engine Cessna 172 plane "went into the infield after experiencing a hard landing," according to a spokesperson for Chicago Executive Airport. No injuries were reported, though the plane did suffer some damage, Theobald said. The plane was moved off the runway and into a hanger where Chicago Executive Airport is investigating the cause of the incident, according to Theobald.