A light plane lost its front landing gear and clipped a fence in a rough landing at Pitt Meadows Airport on Tuesday evening, but the pilot was not hurt.
The incident took place at 9:45 p.m., said Pitt Meadows Deputy Fire Chief David Biggin.
The pilot was apparently coming in for a landing from the east.
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The plane struck the fence near Baynes Road on the east side of the airport, and the plane then came to rest on the grass short of the runway.
Biggin said either hitting the fence or the landing on the grass sheared off the planesa国际传媒檚 front landing gear.
The lone occupant was the pilot.
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The TSB announced Wednesday that a team of investigators was heading to Pitt Meadows to investigate the incident, which the agency said involved a Piper PA28 Cherokee.
sa国际传媒淭he TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence,sa国际传媒� the agency said on its Twitter account.
is deploying a team of investigators following a collision with a fence and hard landing of a privately registered Piper PA28 Cherokee, that occurred yesterday at Pitt Meadows Airport, BC. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
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