Coulter Airfield in Bryan was closed Saturday morning before it officially opened after a pilot crash-landed his lightweight aircraft there.
The crash occurred at 7:15 a.m., just 15 minutes before the airport opened, said Dale Picha, director of transportation for the city.
"The best we know, the engine failed and he had to come back or was already landing here," he said. "We know he took off from Coulter, but we're not sure where he was going."
The pilot, he said, was transported to St. Joseph Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries to his lower body.
Picha said the airport remained closed until about 1 p.m., when Federal Aviation Administration officials finished their investigation into the crash.
Source: http://www.theeagle.com
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