Two people were injured when a small plane crashed around 2:30 p.m. near Three Sisters Road at Raleigh East Airport.
A 2009 Rainbow Cheetah XLS was traveling southwest near the end of Three Sisters Road when the plane struck several enclosed storage trailers, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. The plane then continued southwest, striking several trees before coming to an “uncontrolled landing” in a ravine past the end of the runway.
Knightdale PD said two people were on board the small plane. When emergency workers arrived, they found them conscious and alert.
“Units are working on getting two patients out of the plane, but the status of the patients and what occurred is currently unknown,” a Knightdale PD spokesperson said in an email to ABC11.
Later, William Boggs, Knightdale Fire Battalion Chief, said the people aboard were taken to WakeMed and expected to recover.
The Highway Patrol identified the plane’s pilot as Luis Quijano and a passenger on board as John Wellman.
“We had a big response out here,” Boggs said. “With an airplane crash, you don’t know what you’re dealing with. It could be a big one or it could be a small one like we had today.”
FlightAware indicated that the plane took off from Cox Airport in Apex.