A NARROW ESCAPE

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October 3, 2016 - 12:00 AM

Jeffrey Sigel, Denver, made an emergency landing with his small aircraft on a rural Allen County road Saturday evening. Noticing engine trouble, Sigel guided his plane along 400 Street west of Iola until it skidded to a halt. Even so, he and his passenger, Bethany Brandstatter, Huntsville, Utah, were able to walk away from the wreckage.
Sigel, 40, had filled the plane with fuel shortly after 5 p.m. at Allen County Airport and took off headed for Wichita. Minutes into the flight engine trouble developed. Sigel, looking for a place to land the Lancair Evolution kit-built craft, chose…

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