SAMS VALLEY, Ore. -- A pilot is recovering today after his plane crashed in Sams Valley.
It happened Thursday night at Beagle Sky Ranch Airport.
The plane is described as an ultralight aircraft, which includes a glider and a motor.
Fire District 3 says that the pilot clipped a tree and then hit the runway hard.
The pilot was taken by Mercy Flights to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Sam’s Valley, Ore. — A man is in the hospital after a crash at the Beagle airfield in Sam’s Valley.
A witness, who didn’t want to be identified, says the man was flying over the airfield when he clipped a tree that caused him to crash.
“I saw the plane clip the tree. He came down, end-oed. My friend and I both helped him get out from under the plane,” recalled the witness.
The man was taken to the hospital, according to the witness he had a broken femur. He did not have any passengers with him.
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It takes some real incompetence to hit a tree at Beagle. Very unfortunate, as the owners already despise ultralights. This pilot just reinforced the stereotypes and jeopardized all of our flying privileges. No sympathy.
ReplyDeleteYour a jackass
ReplyDeleteYou open your mouth without knowing the circumstances. Had nothing to do with recklessness
ReplyDeleteIt had to do with a sudden down draft which caused the plane to suddenly jolt towards the ground & clipped the trees. Eye witnesses verified that the plane was doing just fine then saw it just suddenly drop. It's sad when there's an accident & someone knows nothing about the circumstances & verbally says they have no sympathy - a man almost lost his life & you have no sympathy?