KIOWA, Colo.—A man survived a crash after an onboard parachute system on his single-engine plane deployed and dropped the craft and pilot softly into a dry river bed in rural Elbert County.
Elbert County emergency management Director Cory Stark says the pilot reported having some type of mechanical problem onboard his Cirrus aircraft while in flight shortly before the 6 a.m. Saturday crash. The plane had taken off from Centennial Airport in Englewood, about 35 miles west.
Stark says investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are en route to investigate.
KUSA-TV first reported the crash on its website. Additional details were not immediately available.
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Information from: KUSA-TV,
