According to police, the 53-year-old pilot of Eden Prairie was traveling from the Brainerd area to Eden Prairie when he says he lost engine power at 3,500 feet in the air.

Authorities say a 53-year-old Eden Prairie man was piloting a small plane from Brainerd to Eden Prairie when the engine lost power, and he made an emergency landing on the highway around 1:21 p.m.

Authorities in Morrison County are investigating why the pilot of a single engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing Monday afternoon on Highway 27 west of Pierz. The sheriff’s office says a small plane piloted by Aaron Casper of Eden Prairie lost engine power at 3,

An investigation is underway after a pilot in a small plane had to make an emergency landing in Morrison County Monday afternoon.

PIERZ, MINN. — Authorities in Morrison County are investigating a plane crash late Monday afternoon on Highway 27 west of Pierz. The sheriff’s office says a small plane piloted by Aaron Casper of Eden Prairie lost engine power 35 hundred feet in the air and made an emergency landing on the highway.

A small plane landed on the highway on Monday afternoon in Agram Township. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that at approximately 1:20 p.m. Monday, a plane went down on Highway 27 near the Eastern Morrison County Sportsman Club, approximately four miles west of Pierz in Agram Township, a release said.

According to the Morrison County Sheriff's Office, Casper made an emergency landing on Highway 27 in Agram Township, which is located four miles west of Pierz. He drove the plane into a ditch to avoid traffic. The emergency landing left Caper without injury, officials said. The FAA is investigating the crash.