A Cessna 180 piloted by Joseph Bowen, of Norway, was running low on fuel Wednesday when it landed on the lawn near the Poland Spring building on Killick Pond Road in Hollis. Photo courtesy York County Sheriff’s Office
A single-engine plane made an emergency landing in Hollis when it was running low on fuel Wednesday afternoon.
Police received a call that a plane had landed on the lawn near the Poland Spring building on Killick Pond Road in Hollis, the York County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Deputies found the blue and white Cessna 180 parked in front of the facility, Sheriff William King Jr. said.
The pilot, Joseph Bowen, 57, of Norway, landed the plane when fuel began to run low.
A spokesperson for Poland Spring said employees who saw the plane land ran out onto the lawn to check on the pilot.
They brought him inside the Hollis bottling facility to warm him up and drink some some water until the sheriff’s deputies arrived.
Initially, officials said the plane would be refueled and Killick Pond Road would be blocked off by the fire department to allow for takeoff.
Instead, the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane needs to be disassembled and trailered off the property. The plane will be stored at the Poland Spring property until the owner can have it broken down, King said.
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