Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to Pitt Meadows Regional Airport after a plane crash on Monday, March 30.
First responders rushed to the local airport, YPK, just after 11 a.m. where a Cessna 172N aircraft crashed.
Guy Miller, airport CAO and general manager, said the aircraft is owned by one of the flight schools and was under the control of Nav Canada at the time, doing flight training circuits.
The pilot, who was the only person on board, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue, B.C. Ambulance Service, and airport operations attended the scene.
According to Pitt Meadows firefighters, crews conducted a patient assessment, established a protective line, and evaluated the aircraft for any safety and environmental concerns.
BC Emergency Health Services responded with multiple ambulances – one with primary care paramedics, an ambulance with advanced care paramedics, and a paramedic supervisor also attended the scene.
“Paramedics provided emergency medical care to one patient who was transported in serious, but stable condition to hospital,” said Brian Twaites, BCEHS paramedic public information officer.
Miller said there was no threat to public safety, the aircraft came to a rest at the end of the outer runway, runway 26 Right.
The team from the Transportation Safety Board, an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation occurrences, arrived at the airport at around 3 p.m. and is currently investigating the circumstances of the crash.
The agency’s sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety – not to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
Although the outer runway remains closed, the airport is still operating normally.