Official Report: SOUTH OF UPOLU POINT RUNWAY AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDING
11:01pm, Wednesday, 8/28/2024
8 HFD apparatus; 17 HFD personnel
ENGINE FAILURE
SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD.
MULTIPLE UNITS RESPONDED FOR THE REPORT OF A PLANE CRASH NEAR UPOLU AIRPORT. ON SCENE, FOUND A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT WHICH EMERGENCY LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ALTITUDE, HE LOST HIS ENGINE POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE OPEN FIELD. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND REFUSED TRANSPORT.
