No injuries after small plane makes emergency landing on Legacy Parkway
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Four teenagers hop a fence to assist Utah Highway Patrol push a plane back onto Legacy Parkway to be towed after the plane made an emergency landing near West Bountiful on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
| Feb. 16, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
| Updated: Feb. 17, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
The pilot of a small airplane had to make an emergency landing on a highway in Davis County Sunday evening.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plane is seen along Legacy Parkway after making an emergency landing near West Bountiful on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Highway Patrol work the scene of a plane that made an emergency landing along Legacy Parkway near West Bountiful on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
Utah Highway Patrol said the plane experienced an engine malfunction around 7:35 p.m. It then had to land on southbound Legacy Parkway, coming to rest near 400 North in West Bountiful.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plane is towed after making an emergency landing along Legacy Parkway near West Bountiful on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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