Police in Council Bluffs Monday afternoon released additional details concerning an emergency landing by a small aircraft that took place late Monday morning. Authorities say just before 11-a.m., emergency personnel responded to the area of East Manawa Drive and Red Tail Road for an emergency landing of an airplane in the bean field North of a housing subdivision.

Council Bluffs P-D photo.

A further investigation revealed the airplane a single engine Cessna had taken off from the Council Bluffs Airport and a short time later began experiencing engine trouble. The pilot, Travis Yohn, was able to safely land the plane in the empty field. The pilot and the other occupant, Connor Galvin, were both unhurt and the airplane sustained no visible damage.

Officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department were working Monday afternoon with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Council Bluffs Airport personnel in removing the airplane from the field.