Clay County Times-Democrat: Local News: Only minor injuries in plane mishap at Piggott airport (03/16/09)

Sam Williams (right) and Mike Hendrix of the Piggott Police Department speak with the pilot of the airplane that ran off the runway at the local airport Monday morning. There were no serious injuries to the occupants of the plane, who had not been identified at last report.

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Only minor injuries were reported, and details are still sketchy, but a private airplane ran off the runway at the Piggott airport late Monday morning.

The plane, a Piper Malibu Mirage, ended up in the ditch on the west side of the 2,500 runway, and everyone aboard walked away.

We'll have more details in the March 18 print edition of The Piggott Times, and more on-line as information becomes available.