PICKENS, SC (WACH / AP) – Four people escaped serious injury Sunday, when their plans engine stalled, when the pilot deployed a parachute that brought the plane safely down into a stand of trees.
According to Pickens County Sheriff’s Capt. Keith Galloway said the incident happened at about 5:00 p.m. Galloway said the plane had taken off from another state, when the engine stalled, the pilot planned to land the plane at Pickens County’s airport, however, the plane came down about a mile and a half away from the landing strip. The pilot reportedly deployed the airframe parachute which, according to the Cirrus website, is standard on it’s planes.
Galloway said the plane came to rest about 15 to 20 feet up in a stand of trees. Multiple EMS agencies responded to the incident, and the occupants were checked my medical personnel, but there were no life-threatening injuries.
(The AP contributed to this story)
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