Man suffers minor injuries in Dillingham Airfield hard landing
HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER PHOTO BY KRYSTLE MARCELLUS
2013 November 7 CTY - A tow plane used to carry out gliders with Honolulu Soaring flipped over while flying Eastbound down runway 8 at Dillingham Airfield around 1:15p.m. on Wednesday, November 7, 2013. According to Sean Lee, a pilot with Honolulu Soaring who was on site said that the pilot was flying alone and walked away from the crash after being checked out by EMS. Honolulu Star-Advertiser Photo by Krystle Marcellus
2013 November 7 CTY - A tow plane used to carry out gliders with Honolulu Soaring flipped over while flying Eastbound down runway 8 at Dillingham Airfield around 1:15p.m. on Wednesday, November 7, 2013. According to Sean Lee, a pilot with Honolulu Soaring who was on site said that the pilot was flying alone and walked away from the crash after being checked out by EMS. Honolulu Star-Advertiser Photo by Krystle Marcellus
Honolulu firefighters and paramedics responded to an emergency call involving an apparent hard landing of a small “tow” plane at Dillingham Airfield about 1:15 p.m. today.
There were no serious injuries. A man in his 50s who appears to have been the pilot was treated by paramedics at the scene for minor cuts, but refused to go to the hospital, said Shayne Enright, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Emergency Services.
The man, the only occupant, was able to self-extricate, Enright said.
State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter confirmed that there was an incident involving a Cessna aircraft.
