Plane flips over, Montana man walks away safe
(Photo courtesy of BCSO) The airplane flipped over on the Boundary County Airport's runway
BONNERS FERRY — On Wednesday, July 7, around 7 a.m., Boundary County Sheriff’s Office personnel received a report of a plane upside down at the Boundary County Airport with the pilot still trapped inside.
Multiple agencies responded to the dispatch, and upon arrival, they found that the pilot Patrick Hanley, 70, from Troy, Mont., was helped out of the plane and only had what appeared to be minor injuries.
However, Hanley was still taken to Boundary Community Hospital to be examined.
Hanley was the only occupant in the experimental Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang MM-2 plane. He said that he was not airborne and was testing the plane on the runway when he lost control and the plane flipped over.
The accident was documented by the sheriff’s office and Idaho State Police and reported to the FAA and NTSB. North Bench Fire remained on scene until the plane could be up righted and removed from the taxiway.