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2 hurt in crash of single-engine plane in Siler City
SILER CITY-A Beechcraft Bonanza, a single-engine plane, crashed into trees while trying to land at the Siler City Airport on Tuesday morning, injuring the pilot and a passenger, officials said.
Ben Marion, assistant manager of the city-owned facility, said the plane was making a landing after a flight from Southern Pines for maintenance.
A low ceiling kept the plane from making an approach to the single runway from one end, and the plane went around to land from the opposite direction, from the southwest, Marion said.
It was unclear what happened while the plane was going around, Marion said, but it went into trees east of the runway while making the second approach to the 5,000-foot paved airstrip.
Emergency officials were called at 7:54 a.m., Carolyn Miller from the county’s Emergency Operations Center said.
The pilot and the passenger were aboard the single-engine aircraft had to be freed from the wreckage, Miller said.
BY RON GALLAGHER/ newsobserver