MEC&F Expert Engineers : 72-YEAR OLD PILOT INJURED IN ROCHESTER, WA CESSNA 170B PLANE CRASH

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

72-YEAR OLD PILOT INJURED IN ROCHESTER, WA CESSNA 170B PLANE CRASH








APRIL 28, 2015

ROCHESTER, WASH.

A 72-year-old pilot is hurt, but alive after his Cessna crash landed in Thurston County. 

Deputies responded to the crash at 6200 216th Lane Southwest.  The Cessna 170 was en route to Chehalis when it crashed.

The pilot was the only person on board.

He was sent to Harborview Medical Center.

Date:
28-APR-2015
Time:
11:00
Type:
Owner/operator:

Registration:

C/n / msn:

Fatalities:
Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Unknown
Location:
South of Ground Mounds, WA - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
Landing
Nature:
Unknown
Departure airport:
Spanaway, WA
Destination airport:
Chehalis, WA
Narrative:
The aircraft force landed to open, long grass terrain south of Grand Mound, Washington. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries.

Sources: 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175744
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/04/28/small-plane-crashes-in-south-thurston-county/26524549/
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Pilot-injured-in-small-plane-crash-in-Rochester-301588581.html?mobile=y