Small plane crashes in Longmont; pair escapes injury
Daily Camera
Published July 23, 2008 at 11:07 p.m.
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A small plane crashed Wednesday in a field near Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, but no one was hurt.
Longmont police Cmdr. Craig Earhart said two men were on board the four-passenger, single-engine Beechcraft. He also said there was minor nose damage and the plane didn't catch fire.
Earhart said pilot Brian Higley, of Longmont, and passenger Robert Matlacki, of Westminster, made a "controlled crash" just after 10 a.m. after encountering engine trouble.
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