TSB investigates pilotless plane crash in Medicine Hat neighborhood | The Canadian News


The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a downed plane in a Medicine Hat neighborhood.

Around 9:30 p.m. Monday night, the TSB said it learned that a drone had crashed into a home in the Medicine Hat neighborhood of Saamis Heights, overlooking the Cottonwood Coulee Golf Course.

The aircraft was identified as a Bellanca Citabria, a single-engine, two-seat light aircraft.

The plane took off shortly before 8:30 pm from Schlenker Airport, located south of the city.

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The TSB said there were no injuries and no one was on board the plane.

Property owner Jenman Luk received a call from emergency authorities on Monday night and rushed to the house that was under construction.

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“The dispatcher said a plane flew into the house, crashed into the house. So I was like, ‘What!?’” Luk said. “I didn’t know if it was a joke, it seemed so wild.

“We went to the house and, sure enough, there was a plane that crashed on the corner. We have a large terrace in the back, so it protects the whole house. But they hit the back post and slid it into the side fence there.”

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A photo of a small plane that crashed into a home under construction in Medicine Hat, Alta., on May 2, 2022.AC.

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Debris from a plane crash in Medicine Hat is shown on May 3, 2022.

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Police cordon off debris from a plane crash in Medicine Hat, photographed May 3, 2022.

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Luk wasn’t upset about the incident and said that the house still under construction was a good time for something like this to happen.

He said he spoke to the plane’s owner on the phone, who told him he had been doing some maintenance work before it took off.

“It just took off. Once the engine started, she started right away.”

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The TSB has sent investigators to the southeastern Alberta city. A spokesman said it was too early to say what caused the incident and contributing factors.

“TSB investigators will collect information and assess the occurrence to determine next steps,” the spokesperson said in an email to Global News.

Luk said he received an apology from the owner.

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