WASHINGTON — State Trooper Clint Thompson's patrol turned Hollywood when a prop plane glided towards the highway in a clip that was caught on his cruiser's dashcam. <br /><br />KOMO News reports that the emergency landing occurred Thursday around 8:00 am on Pacific Avenue South, also known as State Route 7. <br /><br />The single-prop KR2 aircraft was being flown by pilot David Acklam who told KOMO News that he was flying to work when his engine quit on him.<br /><br />Dennis Diessner, a motorist on the road at the time, said the small plane came so close to his vehicle that he thought he could have reached out and touched it.<br /><br />Many motorists gawped in amazement as the plane touched down on the tarmac and then appropriately stopped at the red light.<br /><br />Pierce Sheriff Department took to Twitter to say that the prop plane ran out of gas and that it was taken off the road promptly.<br /><br />Public Information Officer for Washington State Patrol, Johnna Batiste tweeted that after 21 years on patrol, this was a first for Tropper Thompson. <br /><br />Fortunately, the spectacle resulted in no damages or injuries.
