CAPE CORAL, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what happened before a pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing on a road in Southwest Florida.
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The pilot took off from a small airport in Fort Myers.
He tried to land on a road in a residential neighborhood in Cape Coral after his engine died.
Photos: Pilot makes emergency landing on Florida road
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The hard landing caused a fuel spill.
Police said the pilot was not injured and there was no other damage on the ground.
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