2-seater plane crash in Alaminos sustains injury, death

An identified Cessna plane pilot instructor was dead while his student pilot was severely injured in a plane crash in Alaminos City, Pangasinan.

ALAMINOS CITY, PANGASINAN — A two-seater training fixed-wing plane crashed into a fishpond nearby Brgy. Telbang, Alaminos City, Pangasinan, at 9:20 this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, a report from the Philippine National Police Provincial Office said according to the Philippine Information Agency-Pangasinan.

The report further said the two-seater plane has a number RP-C8202 with markings “Fly Fast”. It also said identified pilot instructor Capt. Daryl Uy died at a crash scene while another identified student pilot Caran France Kaura, 21, from Quezon Province, sustained physical injuries in various parts of his body.

The student pilot was rushed to the Western Pangasinan District Hospital by the Alaminos City Rescue Unit for medical attention.

Pilot dead in a 2-seater plane crash in Alaminos City
A two-seater plane crash in Alaminos: An RP-C8202 Cessna 152-type aircraft of Fly Fast Aviation Academy with on-board flight instructor and a student pilot crashed into a fishpond in Alaminos City, Pangasinan. (Photo: BFP-Alaminos City)

Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said in its statement that the RP-C8202 Cessna 152-type aircraft of Fly Fast Aviation Academy carried on-board the flight instructor and a student pilot.

The Cessna plane left Lingayen Airport at 8:22 in the morning for an orientation flight.

CAAP Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board’s (AAIIB) Go Team has now been sent off to the site of the plane crash in Alaminos City for an investigation. RQJ

Feature Photo: BFP-Alaminos City

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