6-24-13 emergency plane landing in dodge county

Nobody was injured when a plane made an emergency landing in Dodge County Sunday afternoon.  At about 1:45 p.m., the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department took a report from the Dane County Sheriff’s Department that a plane had made an emergency landing in the Columbus area.  The plane landed in a field in the general area of Canary Road and County Highway G in the Town of Beaver Dam.  The aircraft, a Piper Archer, was occupied by 4 individuals.  The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says preliminary information is that the aircraft had a problem with a fuel switch-over and the plane ran out of fuel, but details and the accuracy of that information have not been confirmed.  The FAA has been notified.