No passengers on board; Transportation Safety Board to investigate cause
CBC News · Posted: Sep 06, 2020
A man has been airlifted to hospital after a plane crash near Stanley Airport in Scotch Village, N.S.
RCMP, EHS and various fire crews in the area responded to the call at 10:16 a.m. Sunday.
The male pilot was the only person on board the small, single-engine plane, RCMP spokesperson Andrew Joyce said Sunday.
Joyce said the man’s injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Mike Whitehead, the safety officer for the Stanley Sport Aviation Association, said it was a single-engine plane flown by a local pilot.
He said the plane went off the runway while the pilot was practising a “touch-and-go” procedure, where a plane lands and then takes off again. He said there were people there who responded right away and RCMP, fire services and paramedics responded quickly.
An investigation will be led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.