Courtesy: Ross Doman
Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015
By: Britney Carter
Cheyenne, WY(KGWN)-
Wyoming Highway Patrol have confirmed a single engine plane crash on 1-80 near mile post 321 approximately four miles east of Laramie near the Summit.
WHP says the pilot, 67 year old Steven Stam from Holland, Michigan was flying southwest this morning when he crossed I-80 in foggy conditions and crashed at about 8am. This occurred in a canyon section of the interstate commonly known as "Telephone Canyon". Officers we spoke to say Stam may have been having engine troubles and was attempting to land on the road to avoid hitting the side of the mountain when his propeller clipped the median dividing the east and west portions of I-80.
Multiple agencies responded and Stam was taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie with non-life threatening injuries but complaining of pain. No one else was on board the plane at the time.
The single engine plane is registered out of Davis, California.
WHP Troopers are still out with the plane continuing the investigation and securing the scene for the Federal Aviation Administration. Interstate 80 is open in both directions. The Wyoming Highway Patrol, the Albany County Sheriff's Office, the Laramie Fire Department and the Wyoming Department of Transportation all responded to assist with the crash.
| Date: | 11-SEP-2015 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: | 1965 Alon A2 Aircoupe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6359V |
| C/n / msn: | A-35 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Interstate I-80 east of Laramie, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
Following a loss of engine power the aircraft force landed onUS Interstate I-80, a major roadway, near Telephone Springs east of Laramie, Wyoming. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot on-board received undetermined injuries. Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179491 http://www.kgwn.tv/home/headlines/Single-Engine-Plane-Crash-326660151.html?device=tablet&c=y
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/pilot-injured-in-plane-crash-east-of-laramie/article_6579ac6a-cce3-5814-82c0-ffd18b7a15f7.html
http://k2radio.com/plane-crash-on-i-80-near-laramie/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6359V
http://www.ercoupe.net/N6359V.html