FORSYTH TOWNSHIP — No one was injured Friday when a small-engine airplane made an emergency landing on Highway M-49 in Forsyth Township.

At 11:15 a.m. Friday, the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office responded to an inflight emergency involving a small Piper Tri-Pacer airplane that landed on M-49 and Scorpion Road. On board were pilot Ryan Alan Graves, 32, of Munising, and passenger Mark Steven Krumanaker, 65, of Huntington, Ind.

Graves was traveling from Munising to Sawyer Airport for unrelated scheduled maintenance when the plane started having engine issues. Graves notified the Sawyer Tower, but his only option was to land on the roadway. No damage was reported as a result of the emergency landing.

The aircraft was escorted to Sawyer by airport personnel, Forsyth Township Police, and personnel from the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office.

Also assisting at the site was Forsyth Fire and EMS and Marquette County ARFF.