Around 3:15 p.m., a small airplane went down near Troutdale Airport at Gary Island Park. The 73-year-old pilot said he had seconds to react.
PORTLAND, Oregon — A small single-engine plane experienced an emergency landing in the Columbia River near Troutdale on Monday afternoon, and the pilot miraculously walked away unharmed.
The Port of Portland said the plane was heading to Troutdale Airport around 3:15 p.m. when it needed to do an emergency landing in the Columbia River, roughly two miles east of Troutdale.
The pilot, 73-year-old Rick Boettcher, was the only person on board. As he went to make his landing, Boettcher
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