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Small plane crashes into Eatonville home; pilot and passenger escape serious injury

May 30, 2013, 8:42 PM | Updated: 8:53 pm

Two men walked away with only minor injuries after their small plane crashed into a house in Eatonville.

The FAA says the Cessna 172 crashed around 5:00 p.m. Thursday, causing only minor damage to the house but severely damaging the plane.

The pilot and his passenger were en route from Oregon to Seattle for a conference. They were trying to land at Swanson Field Airport to avoid a rain squall, according to Eatonville Fire Chief Bob Hudspeth

Instead, the plane skidded into the front of a house on Airport Road. No one was inside the home at the time.

The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.


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