An ultralight aircraft crashed Sunday evening in a wooded area off Porter Road in Fryeburg, police said.
Police Chief Joshua Potvin said the plane crashed into trees as the pilot – a 56-year-old man from Media, Pennsylvania – tried to make an emergency landing at the Eastern Slopes Regional Airport in Fryeburg.
Potvin said the pilot was flying his Aerolite 103 single-seat ultralight aircraft out of Leavitt Airport in Albany, New Hampshire, when his engine started to fail around 6 p.m.
Realizing he did not have enough altitude to make the runway, the pilot deployed his emergency parachute system, which helped slow the descent of the aircraft. However, the maneuver forced him to land in trees just west of the runaway in a wooded area off Porter Road.
The aircraft was damaged, but the pilot was not injured, according to Potvin, who did not release the pilot’s name.
“The pilot was extremely fortunate to escape this incident without injury,” Potvin said in a news release. “He has been flying planes since 2003 and this must have been a terrifying crash landing even for an experienced pilot.”
Source: http://www.pressherald.com
FRYEBURG, Maine —Police said engine failure forced an ultralight aircraft to land in the woods Sunday near Eastern Slopes Regional Airport.
Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said the 56-year-old pilot from Media, Pennsylvania, deployed the plane's parachute system after taking off from an Albany, New Hampshire, airport.
The plane landed in a wooded area near the runway.
“The pilot was extremely fortunate to escape this incident without injury," Potvin said. "He has been flying planes since 2003 and this must have been a terrifying crash landing even for an experienced pilot. Fryeburg police investigators are working with Federal Aviation Administration officials."
The pilot was not hurt, Potvin said.
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