Small plane lands on school playground

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says a single-engine Cessna 152 with a flight instructor and student on board left nearby Glendale Municipal Airport for a practice flight Wednesday morning. The instructor reported the plane had a rough-running engine and that he didn't think they could make it back to the airport.

Gregor says the plane apparently hit a chain-link fence at Villa de Paz Elementary School while trying to land on the empty playground at about 9:30 a.m. Television images show the plane ended up with its nose stuck into the grass just feet from a jungle gym and nearby classrooms. Both pilots walked away and no one on the ground was injured.