SANTA FE — The National Transportation Safety Board continues their investigation of the crash of a small plane on a flight from Kansas to New Mexico.
The fixed wing-single engine aircraft was unable to maintain altitude due to icing and crashed in a field approximately four miles southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Officials said the pilot called a regional emergency communications center about 8 p.m. Monday to report the crash.
First responders found the crash site just after 3a.m. Tuesday, according to Lunsford.
The pilot was transported to St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, according to Sheriff Robert Garcia
The pilot remains hospitalized. Garcia said they had not released the pilot’s name because they had not contacted the pilot’s relatives. The aircraft is registered to Cloud Catcher Properties in Klamath Falls, Oregon, according to the FAA.
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SANTA FE — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a small plane on a flight form Kansas to New Mexico. The pilot was hospitalized in critical condition.
Santa Fe Sheriff’s officials say the pilot called a regional emergency communications center about 8 p.m. Monday to report the crash.
UPDATE: Plane was located. Pilot was conscious and transported by EMS for medical treatment with unknown injuries. FAA enroute to investigate the cause of the crash. No additional information is available at this time. https://t.co/4sRqjLfQGE
— NMSP (@NMStatePolice) January 16, 2018
The man provided coordinates directing emergency personnel east of the Rancho San Marcos subdivision off State Road 14.
Sheriff’s deputies say the man was found at the crash site and complained of leg, back and arm injuries.
He told authorities he was flying from Kansas to Santa Fe and his single-engine aircraft iced up and lost lift as he flew through a storm toward the Santa Fe Airport.
The New Mexico State Police have not responded to a request for the pilot’s name.