Pilot of small plane makes emergency landing on 5 Freeway near Camp Pendleton

SAN ONOFRE — A private pilot at the helm of a disabled light airplane made a safe emergency landing on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton on Monday.
The 55-year-old flier was en route from John Wayne Airport to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Serra Mesa in the early afternoon when the engine of his Piper PA24 failed in the vicinity of the Orange-San Diego county line, according to the California Highway Patrol and Federal Aviation Administration.
“As the pilot descended, he consi