Small plane crash at Pitt Meadows Airport

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PITT MEADOWS (NEWS1130) – Emergency responders say the crash of a Cessna airplane at the Pitt Meadoes Airport has sent the pilot to hospital.

Fire Chief Don Jolley of Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue says the incident occurred mid-afternoon when the small plane declared an emergency landing about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver.

Instead, he says the plane crashed on a taxi way at the airport, and its single occupant was airlifted to Royal Columbia Hospital in New Westminster.

Airport spokeswoman Ashley Hilland says the pilot was in stable condition and officials won’t know what caused the incident until a full assessment of the scene is complete.

The airport’s website says it operates three paved and one water runway and in 2011 was the third busiest airport in the Lower Mainland.

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