Two people were hurt Monday after a small plane crashed at a mountain resort north of Yellow Pine.
According to a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, one person sustained serious injuries and the other person had minor injuries after the plane came to rest about 75 feet past the airstrip in Big Creek.
Both people were flown by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for treatment. Officials have not released the names of the injured.
Cascade Rural Ambulance and the Valley County Sheriff's Department responded to the crash site in the Payette National Forest on the edge of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, according to a sheriff's spokesman.
Officials did not say whether the plane was taking off or landing at the time of the crash.
According to Allen Kenitzer with the FAA, the owner of the Mooney single-engine plane, which was built in 1965, is Kjell W. Nielsen of San Diego.
According to National Transportation Safety Board records, the plane was involved in another crash in 1967 when the pilot failed to deploy the landing gear while landing at an airstrip in Chico, Calif.
An investigation by the NTSB will begin as soon as an investigator arrives at the crash scene, Kenitzer.
"He'll begin by talking to the people in the airplane, who, thankfully, survived," Kenitzer said. He said a preliminary report will be released in about two weeks.
Two crashes have taken place recently at the Big Creek airstrip. In both cases, everyone involved survived.
In August 2007, a pilot was hurt when his two-engine Piper overran the departure end of the runway and slid down an embankment.
In July 2006, a pilot was hurt when his single-engine Cessna collided with trees during takeoff at the airstrip. The pilot and two passengers received serious injuries.
David Kennard: 377-6436
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