COMANCHE COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 1p.m. Friday in Comanche County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Lycoming 4-cylinder airplane piloted by Joe E. Strack, 38, El Camp, TX., was landing from the north on the runway at the Coldwater Municipal Airport.

The plane was down to idle speed when it touched the runway and a gust of wind from the southeast lifted the left wing and caused the plane to flip over off the runway.

The plane then caught fire, both occupants were able to leave plane before it was completely engulfed in flames.

Stack and a passenger Juston C. Kallina, 37, Austin, TX., were transported to the hospital in Coldwater.