News provided by CityNews1130.com – link to full story
BY LASIA KRETZEL, Posted Jun 25, 2019
SUMMARY
- Surrey RCMP says the pilot, the only person on board, lost control and veered into the ditch
- The Transportation Safety Board is not investigating
LANGLEY (NEWS 1130) – A small plane had a bad takeoff at Langley Airport on Tuesday just after 10 a.m.
Surrey RCMP says the pilot, the only person on board, lost control of the Cessna 172 and veered into a ditch. They weren’t hurt and there’s very minor damage to the plane.
@TSBCanada says pilot was a student of Langley Flying School. Was flying a Cessna 172 solo, under supervision. Student landed, requested another take off, but then aircraft veered off the runway, into a ditch and struck a berm. TSB following up w/ school, airport & mounties
— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel1130) June 25, 2019
The Transportation Safety Board is not investigating because “this is as minor as it can be.” But it says the pilot was a student at the Langley Flying School.
The student was doing a solo exercise, under supervision and had landed and requested another takeoff. The aircraft then veered off the runway into a ditch and struck a berm. The TSB says it will be following up with the school, airport and the RCMP.