Small plane crashes near Grand Rapids

Sat, May 10, 2008

ADA TOWNSHIP — A small plane delivering cargo for Federal Express has crashed about six miles north of the Grand Rapids airport.

The pilot walked away unhurt and no one on the ground was injured.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said the single-engine Cessna 208 crashed about 8:35 p.m. Friday in Kent County's Ada Township.

FedEx spokeswoman Sally Davenport said the pilot was headed from Traverse City to Gerald R. Ford International Airport when he had to make an emergency landing.

"The good news is, he was able to walk away," Davenport said.

Davenport said the plane belongs to CSA Air Inc., which carries freight under contract with Memphis, Tenn.-based FedEx.

FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said investigators are headed to the scene.