AIRPLANE CRASH

Cessna crashes into parked airplane at Doylestown Airport Monday afternoon

The incident occurred shortly before 12:30 p.m.

Photo by James Short.

  • Public Safety

A Cessna Beech A36 airplane crashed into a parked Cessna 310H during landing Monday afternoon at Doylestown Airport on Old Easton Road in Buckingham Township.

Buckingham Township Police said all occupants of the aircraft were safely out of the plane, upon police arrival around 12:23 p.m.. 

The Federal Aviation Administration has been called to the scene, police said.

Two occupants suffered injuries and were taken to area hospitals for evaluation by Central Bucks Emergency Medical Services, police said.

Central Bucks Emergency Medical Services out of Buckingham Township was on scene, as well as Doylestown Fire Co. and Midway Fire Co. out of Buckingham/Solebury. Central Bucks EMS out of Warwick had been called to cover Buckingham during the incident, per Bucks County dispatch reports.

Authorities also contained and treated a fuel spill from the fixed-wing single-engine plane.

A skidmark about 60 yards long can be seen from the point where the plane landed up to the collision site.

According to FAA registration, the plane that crashed is a 1993 model owned by Elbow Key LLC out of Inverness Drive in Blue Bell, PA,

The parked plane, per FAA registration, is a 1963 double-engine model owned by Sundale Aviation Inc in Erwinna, PA.

Editor's Note: The initial story indicated the plane crashed after takeoff. The story has been updated to reflect the crash occurred upon landing. We apologize for the error.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow. Email him at [email protected]. He holds a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL and The Reporter in Lansdale. A fourth-generation Lansdalian and descendant of southern Italian fervor, he has interviewed Jesse Spano, as well as the co-creator of The Joker (before his death. By the way, he LOVED Heath Ledger's performance), and is two degrees of separation from The King (of Rock).


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