Plane Crash At Kelso Airport (Photo) -01/14/21

Date: 1/14/2021

Plane crashes at Kelso Airport

Kelso, WA – A single-engine aircraft ran off the runway and flipped onto its top at Kelso Airport around noon today. The pilot was the only person on board and was uninjured.

The pilot reported that he was unable to steer his aircraft after landing and that it turned off of the runway into the grass. The aircrafts wheels wedged into the soft ground and the aircraft flipped onto its top.

 

Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue (C2FR), Kelso Police Department, Cowlitz County Sherriff’s Department along with Airport personnel and the LifeFlight crew stationed at the airport responded. The pilot secured electrical and potential fuel hazards before exiting the aircraft.

Law Enforcement will be assisting in the investigation of the cause of the crash with results available at a later date.

 

LT. Dan W. Cothren, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue