Monday 27 February 2012

Plane Crashes On Lewiston Golf Course

Posted: Feb 27, 2012 6:40 AM GST Updated: Feb 27, 2012 6:40 AM GST
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Press Release From The Lewiston Police Department:

SPOKANE, Wash. - Sunday afternoon just before 6:00pm, the Lewiston Dispatch Center received a report from the Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport referencing an imminent plane crash.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Sunday afternoon just before 6:00pm, the Lewiston Dispatch Center received a report from the Lewiston/Nez Perce County Airport referencing an imminent plane crash. The Lewiston Police responded with the Lewiston Fire Department.

The Plane was located in a field northwest of the Bryden Canyon Golf Course. The Pilot, 65 year old Gerald Bradley of Breckenridge Colorado, was able to get out of the plane on his own and was not injured.
The plane was a 1979 Piper PA-18-150 Fixed-wing Single-Engine aircraft registered to Bradley.
Bradley was in a group of four aircraft headed to Spokane, with a final destination of Alaska.

The group had to detour to Lewiston due to weather. On approach to the airport Bradley lost power to his engine and had to put his plane down in the field.

The Federal Aviation Administration will be responsible for the investigation.

Source: khq.com

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