Posted on 02/14/2015 4:04:13 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
LAYTON — Two men suffered just minor injuries when their plane crashed into a golf course Saturday morning.
The plane — which has been identified by Layton city as a single-engine Cessna — went down at the Valley View Golf Course at 2501 E. Gentile Street just after 10 a.m.
Witnesses reported seeing the plane's wing clip a tree before it landed upside-down near a sand trap on the course.
Both the pilot and his male passenger made it out of the aircraft with minor injuries, according to Layton police. The pilot was released at the scene, while the other man was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in fair condition, police said.
No one on the golf course was injured.
"It was extremely lucky that no patrons at this golf course sustained injuries due to the many patrons at this course today," said Doug Bitton with the Layton Fire Department. "The course also neighbors homes to the south on Gentile Street that could have been involved."
A man hiking near Weber Canyon just before the crash told police he'd heard the plane sputter and then the engine quit. The National Transportation Safety Board has not released an official cause as of Saturday afternoon.
The men were flying the plane — which was a rental — from Logan to Bountiful at the time of the crash, police said. They'd rented the plane from the Skypark Airport in Woods Cross early Saturday morning, flown to Logan for breakfast and were headed back to Skypark.
NTSB officials have ordered the owners to recover the Cessna for investigators, according to Layton city officials.
The names of the crew were not released Saturday.
Contributing:Wendy Leonard
I’m not positive, but I don’t think there is relief if you happen to be in that trap/hazard.
>> 2 men survive plane crash on Layton golf course
Watch this, fellow FReepers:
2 men survive plane crash on Layton [Utah] golf course
Easy, huh? The little brackety things tell us that “Utah” was not part of the original headline, but was inserted by the person who posted the article.
Under Topics, it says “US:Utah”. I figured that was obvious enough. Also, the source link has the word “UTAH” in great big letters right at the top, another good clue.
Oh, and make sure you’re logged in.
From the look of that plane, I’d say they already took a free drop.
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