Crews at the Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles Municipal Airport spread absorbent material over a fuel spill at the site of a plane crash Monday morning as a Dallesport Fire Department crew looks on. The plane crashed while landing, striking the runway and sliding into a taxiway used to access a series of airplane hangars. The pilot was transported by ambulance to the Life Flight base nearby and transported by medical helicopter. Mark B. Gibson photo
Crews at the Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles Municipal Airport spread absorbent material over a fuel spill at the site of a plane crash Monday morning as a Dallesport Fire Department crew looks on. The plane crashed while landing, striking the runway and sliding into a taxiway used to access a series of airplane hangars. The pilot was transported by ambulance to the Life Flight base nearby and transported by medical helicopter. Mark B. Gibson photo
Mark GibsonA plane crashed upon landing Monday morning at the Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles Municipal Airport. The pilot was transported by medical helicopter with injuries.
According to staff at the airport, the pilot lives in the region and flew frequently out of the airport.
Upon hearing the crash, airport staff responded to the crash site, as did the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter parked at the airport. The Coast Guard crew provided emergency medical care until the arrival of an ambulance crew from the Dallesport Fire Department.
A witness on scene said the plane was approaching to land when a wing appeared to dip and strike the ground.
The plane hit the runway and slid into a taxi way that provides access to a hangar area. Debris was scattered in a wide swath across the runway and into the taxi way.
Airport crews were cleaning up a small amount of fuel spilled from the plane.
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