Two people have been hospitalized after two small planes crashed into each other at a Pennsylvania airport on Monday, Nov. 18.
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In a statement from the Buckingham Township Police Department, the small planes collided before 12:30 p.m. at the Doylestown Airport. It was initially reported as a single-engine plane crash off the runway. Upon arrival, the first responders reported that all aircraft occupants were outside the plane.
The occupants sustained injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals for evaluation. Details about the occupants and the injuries sustained were not immediately known. No one appeared to be mortally wounded in the crash.
“Preliminary findings indicate that the plane was taking off, left the runway, and hit an unoccupied plane before coming to rest,” the Buckingham Township Police further stated.
There were no occupants in the second plane. According to PhillyBurbs, flight records indicated that the second plane had not been in the air for the last 14 days.
Another aircraft was scheduled to fly out or into the Doylestown Airport. It arrived just as the planes crashed. However, it was not involved in the accident.
Flight records further indicated that the crashed plane is owned by Elbow Key LLC of Blue Bell in Montgomery County.
The Federal Aviation Administration is to investigate the accident. Meanwhile, CBS News Philadelphia reported that one of the planes involved in the crash was doing practice take-offs.
The Two Planes Crash Comes Just Months After a Teen Pilot Was Killed in Tragic Aircraft Accident
The Doylestown Airport incident comes just a few months after a teen pilot was tragically killed in a plane crash in Pennsylvania Woodward Township, near Lock Haven.
The Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities reported at the time that a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed in a wooded area at about 10 a.m. on July 4.
The pilot was a 17-year-old female and was the only person on the plane. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The plane had departed from Williamsport Regional Airport.
Witnesses to the crash shared that the plane was attempting its final approach to the runway of William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven. However, the pilot made a sudden, climbing turn, and began to accelerate.
Witnesses also noted that the plane was traveling at an altitude of approximately 200 feet when it clipped a tree and crashed into the wooded area.
The witnesses further noted that the plane had visibly been “struggling” shortly before the crash.