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Small plane lands on top of Fulshear-area home; pilot taken to the hospital, Texas DPS says
By Lileana Pearson
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A pilot was taken to
the hospital after landing on top of a house in the Fulshear area on Monday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The homeowner told ABC13 that they were in bed just before 6 a.m. when they heard a boom from the plane hitting their home.
Fulshear fire officials shared an image of the yellow aircraft on the home along Kitty Hawk Street, saying several agencies are responding to the scene. DPS reported that the plane was attempting to land at a nearby airstrip.
Fulshear Fire Department Battalion Chief Ford Stein said when first responders got to the home, the pilot was alert but stuck inside the cockpit. Before firefighters could help the pilot down, Stein said the home had to be secured.
"We needed to secure electricity to the house with the fuel leaking and the vapor we didn't want to cause a spark and cause a bigger problem than we already had," Stein said.
According to the FAA, it was a Piper J3C-65 that crashed into the house. The agency said only the pilot was on board and that they would investigate.
"You know you always hear airplane crash, and you don't
always hear of someone walking away from it," Stein said.
The home that was hit is part of the Covey Trails neighborhood; a gated community built around a grass runway. Stein said the majority of homeowners also own and fly airplanes. It's unclear if the owner of the plane also lived in the neighborhood.
The pilot was reportedly taken to Memorial Hermann Katy for minor injuries. The homeowners said no one inside the home was injured.
Small plane damaged during landing at RDU; no injuries reported
Small-engine plane was damaged when landing at RDU. Officials say one person was on board and uninjured.
By WRAL News
A single-engine plane was damaged while landing at
Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Monday, temporarily impacting operations at the airport.
Airport officials said the aircraft had one person on board. No injuries were reported.
Video of the landing shows the moments where the plane seemingly tips over onto its nose.
Following the landing, the airfield was briefly closed while crews conducted a standard safety inspection. One commercial runway reopened about 15 minutes later.
A second commercial runway remains temporarily closed while crews remove the disabled aircraft. Despite the closure, airport officials said commercial flights are continuing to take off and land as usual.
It was not immediately clear who owns the aircraft or what caused the damage. Additional information has not yet been released.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/small-plane-damaged-during-landing-at-rdu-no-injuries-reported-july-20-2026/
Pilot rescued by residents after small plane crash in Morgan, Vermont
Yunier Martinez
MORGAN, Vt. —
The pilot of a small plane was rescued by neighbors after his aircraft went down on Seymour Lake on Monday morning.
Vermont State Police said the pilot, James Gregory, 66, of East Burke, called police to tell them that his aircraft went down over Lake Seymour just after 8 a.m.
Gregory was not injured in the crash. He told police that he was taking off from Lake Seymour in his 2002 Rans S6 Coyote II when a malfunction in the aircraft caused him to stall and crash back into the lake. He was the only occupant of the craft, police said.
Several neighbors saw the crash and responded in their personal boats to rescue him from the water and bring him to their home.
Troopers responded alongside the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department, the Vermont departments of Motor Vehicles and Fish and Wildlife, Derby Line Fire Department and Newport Ambulance Service.
The plane sank to the bottom of the lake, police said.
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation was notified of the incident.
The exact cause of the crash is still under investigation and will be taken over by the Federal Aviation Administration.
https://www.mynbc5.com/article/morgan-vermont-plane-crash-rescue/73191905
OSHP Springfield Post, FAA investigating non-injury plane crash at Springfield airport
Daniel Susco and Brooke Spurlock - Staff Writers
The Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a non-injury airplane crash in Clark County.
Troopers responded to a non-injury, single-engine
airplane crash just after 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport at 1251 W. Blee Road in Green Twp., according to Lt. Shawn Cook.
A 1979 Piper Saratoga SP single-engine airplane, piloted by Michael Styles, 78, of Dayton, was flying from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport.
“While landing, the Piper’s front landing gear potentially suffered mechanical failure and its front end made contact with the runway. The Piper slid and came to a stop just off the side of the runway,” according to Cook.
Michael Styles and his passenger, Pamela Styles, 78, of Dayton, were not injured in from the crash.
Air traffic at the airport was temporarily delayed during the investigation and the scene was cleared just before 9:30 p.m., Cook said.
OSHP was helped at the scene by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Springfield Police Division and Hustead Fire Department and EMS.
The crash remains under investigation by the Springfield Post, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was notified and will be conducting their own separate investigation.
According to the FAA’s preliminary report, the aircraft nose gear collapsed after landing and then veered into the grass, and the damage is unknown.
https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/no-injuries-after-plane-crash-at-springfield-area-airport/article_bf310d41-3fd2-572c-8f72-cb09c3046f0e.html
Today in History
75 Years ago today: On 21 July 1951 A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-4 went missing over Alaska on a flight from Vancouver, Canada, to Anchorage with 37 on board.
| Date: | Saturday 21 July 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL |
| Registration: | CF-CPC |
| MSN: | 10327 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | P&W R-2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sitka, AK - United States of America |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
| Destination airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
Narrative:
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-4 went missing over Alaska on a flight from Vancouver, Canada, to Anchorage with 37 on board.
The DC-4 departed Vancouver at 18:53 for a flight to Tokyo, the first intermediate stop being Anchorage, Alaska.
At the Cape Spencer intersection in British Columbia, 90 minutes out from Anchorage, it gave an estimate of 24:00 for Yakutat in Alaska. The weather in the area was heavy rain and icing conditions with a visibility of 500 feet.
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft, and at 00:44 an emergency warning was issued when the aircraft was overdue to report.
Search for the aircraft was abandoned on 31 October 1951.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "As no traces of the aircraft or its occupants has been found to date the cause of the disappearance has not been determined."
