A Cirrus SR22 pilot successfully deployed the aircraft's emergency parachute after an apparent engine failure over Upshur County, West Virginia, landing uninjured.
Although the airplane struck a truck on a road as it came to rest, both the pilot and the truck driver were unharmed.
The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 who experienced an apparent engine failure in flight over Upshur County, West Virginia, on Saturday was uninjured after deploying the airplane’s emergency parachute.
According to local news reports, the Cirrus struck a truck being driven on a road as the airplane came to rest near a car dealership. The driver of the vehicle was startled but uninjured.
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