Investigation Underway Of Small Plane Crash On The Main Line

WAYNE, PA —On the way home from school, 17-year-old Ben Johnson saw flashing lights everywhere in his neighborhood at the scene of a small plane crash on the St. Davids Golf Club course in Tredyffrin Township.

“I just wanted to see what was happening,” Johnson said, still watching the scene several hours after the 3:29 p.m. crash on the private golf course surrounded by a barbed wire fence. “I’ve been watching all day. It’s unfortunate.”

Johnson, a student at the Technical High School College Pickering Campus, near Phoenixville, was among the neighbors and media on the scene after the Cirrus 22 single engine plane landed in an open space on the golf course near the 14th hole.

The pilot and a passenger were removed from the wreckage by unidentified golfers.

They were taken to Paoli Hospital. Their identities were not disclosed. The aircraft reportedly had a mechanical failure, according to police.

As thunderstorms started around 7 p.m., police and firefighters from Berwyn, Narberth, Paoli and Radnor remained on the scene waiting for the investigators from the federal Aviation Administration to arrive.

The golf course in Tredyffrin Township borders Radnor Township and is near Cabrini University and Valley Forge Military Academy and College.

According to Tredyffrin Township police:

The small Cirrus 22 single engine plane crash landed near the club’s maintenance building, approximately 100 yards north of Upper Gulph Road.

The aircraft was enroute to Wings Field in Blue Bell, Plymouth Township, from Fort Myers, Fla. with a stop for fuel in South Carolina.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be handling the investigation into the events leading up to and including the crash.

More information will be reported when it becomes available.