A disabled Pacific Wings Cessna Caravan plane that had blocked flights into and out of Kalaupapa National Historical Park on Moloka'i for much of two days was scheduled to be repaired and flown out last night.

The nine-passenger Cessna Caravan landed safely at Kalaupapa shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday when the pilot realized he had a flat tire, said Greg Kahlstorf, Pacific Wings chief executive officer. The pilot taxied to the end of the 2,700-foot runway and past the runway's demarcation line, Kahlstorf said.

Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the plane had two or three passengers and a pilot when it landed at 1:48 p.m. Wednesday.

"The right tire blew and the plane ended up in the lights and the pilot couldn't stop and rolled off the end of the runway," Gregor said. "The plane remained stuck. Federal regulations prohibit other planes landing when another plane is there."

There were no injuries, but "the FAA will definitely investigate this," Gregor said.

About 15 Hansen's disease patients live at Kalaupapa, said Janice Okubo of the state Department of Health. Patients would have been flown out by helicopter in an emergency, Okubo said.

Some family members of patients who had to leave Wednesday rode mules to get "topside" on Moloka'i, Okubo said.

Brennon Morioka, director of the state Department of Transportation, said the delay in getting Pacific Wings access to repair its plane "was purely for safety."

"We've had kona winds so the weather conditions aren't the best," Morioka said.

Transportation officials initially gave Pacific Wings the option of bringing in equipment and repair crews by mule or helicopter, but the company declined, Morioka said.

Instead, DOT officials had Pacific Wings sign a letter yesterday that releases the state from liability to fly in a repair crew, Morioka said.