Small plane crash lands on golf course near Calgary airport
Posted Aug 16, 2024 1:31 pm.
Last Updated Aug 16, 2024 6:59 pm.
An investigation is underway after a small plane crash landed on a golf course in northeast Calgary on Friday afternoon.
Calgary police tell CityNews the single-occupant plane crashed onto Wingfield Golf Club, just south of the airport, before 1 p.m.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating and confirm there was “an emergency landing” involving a Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft.
Early reports indicate the plane was attempting to land on a runway at the airport before crashing on the golf course.
Images from the scene appear to a show a plane with significant front-end damage. Witnesses who were playing golf at the time say the pilot was outside and walking around before he was checked by paramedics.
“One of the guys I was playing with, he actually saw the plane coming down,” says golfer Ken, who had two holes of his afternoon round left when the plane came crashing down.
“When I looked up I saw the tail of it spin around. Never seen anything like that, it’s a good thing the pilot is okay.”
The male pilot was assessed for minor injures but is not being transported to hospital, according to police. No one else was on the plane.
YYC airport say they aware of a crash involving a small plane but could not provide any other information.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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