No one was injured after a plane made an unexpected landing on Interstate 70 in Sevier County. According to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Clay Morgan, “a small airplane was traveling from California to Pennsylvania hoping to stop in Grand Junction for fuel. At some point they realized they were not […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A plane has crashed at a Utah airport after takeoff, killing one person and injuring three just before midday Monday. Provo city officials say one person was transported to the hospital in critical condition and two sustained minor bumps and bruises. The airport in Provo, just […]
SUMMIT PARK, Utah (AP) — A novice pilot from Idaho safely landed his small airplane on a Utah interstate after its engine failed midflight. Jackson Walker of Idaho Falls was flying with a friend to Provo when the oil pressure dropped about an hour-and-a-half into the Saturday night flight. The […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police have identified the two adults and 9-month-old child who died after a small airplane crashed in a Salt Lake City suburb this weekend. Police say the pilot, Lee Wyckoff, his 9-month-old daughter Coral Wyckoff and Milda Shibonis died when a Piper PA-32 crashed into […]
DENVER (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board investigation has determined that pilot error likely caused a plane crash that killed a Colorado family of four. The Colorado Sun reported Wednesday that 47-year-old Jeff Makepeace was flying a single-engine plane with his family from Fort Collins to Moab, Utah. The agency says […]
Wayne County Officials have released the names of the two who died in a small plan crash in Wayne County Friday. The pilot was identified as Christian C. Simonsen and passenger was Lynn Ann Anderson Simonsen of Morgan Hill, California. The investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National […]
Two people are dead after a single engine aircraft crashed in the Grover area near Miner’s Mountain Road in Wayne County Friday. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area after 11 AM Friday and according to a news release there appeared to be two occupants and both […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Utah County authorities say small plane’s pilot escaped serious injury when it crashed and flipped while attempting to land on an exposed part of the bed of Utah Lake. The Sheriff’s Office says the pilot was able to walk away from his plane after it […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife in a nearby canyon where the couple went to talk over their problems, authorities said. The pilot, Duane Youd, died. His wife […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say rafters on the Colorado River helped rescue the pilot of a small plane that crashed into the water near the Colorado-Utah border. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado says the river rafters came upon the crash and took the 59-year-old pilot to […]
