A small plane carrying a husband, wife and 2-year-old daughter took off from Shelter Cove Airport in Humboldt County, California, bound for Santa Rosa on Friday. The plane did not arrive at its destination.
At approximately 1:15 p.m., Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a possible plane crash near Usal Road in Whitethorne and responded to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, California Hwy. Deputies from patrol and other first responders rushed to the scene. .
First responders searched a hilly, wooded area and found the plane, which had been torn into pieces. The plane fell apart, but the Santa Rosa family was still together. Additionally, the child and her 38-year-old parents suffered only minor cuts and scratches.
Five minutes after takeoff, the 2004 Cirrus SR22 single-propeller aircraft’s engine apparently lost power.
according to On his way to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, the pilot tried to determine why the engine had stopped, but quickly realized that “the airplane was too low in altitude to recover.”
Fortunately for the family, the plane was equipped with a Cirrus airframe parachute system.
“It seemed like a last resort effort,” MCSO Capt. Quincy Cromer said.
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This all-machine ballistic parachute recovery system is
cirrus aircraft Since 1998, a canopy attached to the fuselage is fired to slow the descent of an ill-fated plane in order to save the lives of the crew.
Sure enough, CAPS went to work for the family Friday, transporting the plane to a wooded mountain area that straddles the Mendocino-Humboldt county line. Although their descent was slowed, they were not fully arrested. The plane eventually crashed upside down on the forest floor, losing its tail in the process.
Shelter Cove Fire Department, one of the local fire departments that responded to the crash, said: “Despite the use of parachutes, everyone involved was very fortunate to escape with only minor injuries.”
SCFD also credited “Cal Fire Fortuna ECC, Whale Gulch Volunteer Fire Company, Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team, USCG Sector Humboldt Bay, City Ambulance, and quick-action witnesses who assisted in locating the victims.” expressed his gratitude.
MCSO indicated that the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.
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