Bad takeoff ends in upside down landing
MOAB — An airplane landed bottom side up after a problem with takeoff Sunday near the Green River.
The plane tried to take off on a 2,000-foot dirt runway at the Mineral Bottom landing strip, about 25 miles west of Moab, the Grand County Sheriff's Office reported. The plane wasn't lifting fast enough, so the pilot tried to stop the plane but ended up flipping it to land upside down about 9:30 a.m.
A passenger, John Purcell, 50, from California, was hit in the head, aggravating an old neck injury, deputies reported. The pilot was not injured. They were both flown out by another private plane to the Canyonlands Air Field, where an ambulance and a deputy met them, according to the sheriff's office.
— Lana Groves
Recent comments
Saved by a wing and a prayer.
Viet Vet | Nov. 2, 2009 at 8:35 p.m.
The guy was trying to stop the plane. Well, landing upside down will...
Anonymous | Nov. 2, 2009 at 5:44 p.m.
Jean Magann | 1:54 a.m.
Do you by chance have a tinfoil hat on?
To "Jean Magann | 1:54 a.m." | Nov. 2, 2009 at 12:37 p.m.
- Photos: Utes kick off rivalry week 9:28 p.m.
- Agency will hand out 3,700 turkeys 9:26 p.m.
- FrontRunner train smashes into car 9:15 p.m.
- Dick Harmon: BCS fight heating 9:11 p.m.
- The number: 57% 9:10 p.m.
- U.S. details terrorist recruiting 9:10 p.m.
- RSL's Russell left exposed 9:10 p.m.
- Chaplin home to be pilgrimage site 9:09 p.m.
- Jazz players react to RSL title 9:09 p.m.
- Police chief convicted of felonies 9:08 p.m.
- Real Champions
- Bronco, Kyle rubber match
- Protests against Phoenix LDS temple
- RSL wins MLS Cup on penalty kicks
- BYU's Lamb, Jorgensen reprimanded
- Plenty on line for rivalry game
- Time for big matchups in WAC, MWC
- BCS at-large bids up for grabs
- Hall, Johnson matchup key
- Is talking about religion taboo?
- Buttars wants to limit gay rights laws
214 - Glenn Beck to enter politics?212
- RSL wins MLS Cup on penalty kicks194
- Palin plans tour stop in Utah178
- BYU records with win132
- Palin's book shows she's unqualified131
- Bronco, Kyle rubber match130
- BYU cuts Women's Research Inst.103
- Officer cleared in Cardall Taser case103
- Jazz finally win in San Antonio99
Associated Press Personal Finance Writer Candice Choi offers gift-giving...
Latest comments
HOW DO I GET THE CHURCH TO BUILD A TEMPLE NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE? THE PEOPLE...
Sorry but he will get run over by a blue freight train this Saturday!!!
Where else, but in america, can a player be called for "Attempting to...
As a former Tribe player who made his home in Utah, I can tell WSU what to...
funny how homosexuals have no problem telling you exactly where they stand on...
RE: Common Sense Calling "Ward house" is not the same as "ward." You can...
No, the biggest difference between the 2004 Utah team and the 1984 Utah team...
"They're worried about traffic and crowds, and there are plenty of both...
Jorgensen and Lamb get reprimanded for telling the truth? yet a soccer girl...
1984 was also the year that "The Love Boat" was the number 1 show on...