Small plane lands safely in backyard after engine ices up
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The pilot of a single-engine plane safely landed in a field behind a western New York home after the engine iced-up.
Jeremiah Coholan and his passenger, Richard Medeiros, took off from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Thursday. They were approaching the Rochester area around 1:45 p.m. when the engine of their Cessna began seizing up as ice clogged the carburetor.
Coholan says he looked for a place to land and found the small, snow-covered field behind a home in the Wayne County village of Macedon, 10 miles east of Rochester.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The plane landed safely. The two men weren't injured.
State police say Federal Aviation Administration representatives went to the scene to inspect the plane.