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Plane crash lands into Grand Forks orchard, pilot injured

RCMP have secured the crash site, pending investigation by Transport Canada
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The pilot of this single-engine propeller plane was unhurt after crash-landing in a Como Road orchard Friday, June 18. Photo: Laurie Tritschler

A Grand Forks pilot was taken to hospital with minor injuries after his plane crash-landed near the city airport Friday, June 18.

Mounties said the pilot, a man in his 60s, lost control of his single-engine propeller plane shortly after taking off from the airport at around 9 a.m. The pilot was unable to call in a May Day signal before landing nose-first in an orchard on the 5800-block of Como Road. No one else was on board when the plane went down.

Badly shaken but largely unscathed, he then left the downed plane and flagged down a passing motorist, who phoned 911.

He was complaining of a sore back when he was taken to hospital for observation at around 9:45 a.m, Mounties said.

Mounties at the scene said they were looking into the crash, pending an investigation by Transport Canada.

The crash was likely the result of a critical engine failure, Mounties said.


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