A Cirrus SR22 pilot safely deployed the aircraft's emergency parachute after experiencing an engine failure over Upshur County, West Virginia, remaining uninjured.
The descending aircraft struck a truck on a road near a car dealership, though the truck driver was also uninjured.
Pilot James Meadows was en route to Pennsylvania as part of a two-plane flight intending to refuel at Upshur County Regional Airport when the incident occurred.
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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