Plane makes emergency landing on road and gets 'pulled over' by US police

Dashcam footage shows Washington State trooper knocking on plane's door after pilot's emergency landing

The plane landed safely on a road in Washington state avoiding traffic. Screengrab

A small plane landed on a busy stretch of road in Washington state, stunning drivers and prompted a state patrol officer to turn around and "pull the pilot over".

The Washington State Patrol said the single-propeller KR2 aircraft landed on Thursday on a street in Parkland, south of Tacoma.

Dashcam footage by a state trooper saw the plane come down overhead. The officer turned around and saw the plane swerving along the road on landing before it safely stopped at traffic lights. The officer got out of his car and knocked on the plane's door.

Trooper Johnna Batiste said the plane suffered a fuel system malfunction which caused the aircraft to stall. Police helped the pilot push the plane into a car park, Mr Batiste said.

Motorist Dennis Diessner told Seattle TV station KOMO that the plane came so close to his car that he thought he could have reached out and touched it.

He said he pulled over to make sure the pilot was OK.