A pilot and three passengers escaped serious injury when the small plane they were landing in ran off the end of a private runway during Tuesday's lunch hour at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Fayette County.
The resulting crash happened near Nemacolin's miniature golf course and Caddyshack Restaurant, in view of a children's carousel ride.
"A Canadian registered aircraft went off the end of Runway 5-23 at a private airstrip in Farmington, PA at 12:50 p.m.," Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters emailed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4. "The aircraft landed long on the runway."
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
The Canadian Civil Aircraft Register said the plane is a Cessna model T206H based out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
The crash was a starting sight for guests -- including families --- who were having lunch at the restaurant, which is just yards away.
"The plane was off the runway. Initial reports said four injuries. We had four different ambulances come in. Checked the patients out. Everybody refused treatment at the time," said the Assistant Fire Chief, Eric Baker, of the Farmington fire department.
Local emergency responders and Fayette County's Hazmat Team spent the afternoon cleaning up a resulting fuel spill. There was no fire in the crash.
Nemcolin spokeswoman Ashi Mazer-Workman said the single engine plane was arriving from Ontario and that all four occupants are guests at the resort.
"The plane has damage to its nose and is disabled, meaning it cannot take off and will need to be moved from the site," Mazer-Workman said. "Nemacolin has been operating an airfield on its 2,000-acre resort since 1987. The airfield is for private usage, subject to prior approval and reservations made with the resort's security department."
She said the National Transportation Safety Board was also investigating the crash.
(culled from wtae.com)
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