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Pilot walks away after crashing plane on I-80 near Evanston, Wyoming


Wyoming Plane Crash Courtesy of Uinta County Fire and Ambulance.jpg
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(KUTV) -- Uinta County Fire and Ambulance reported a single engine place crash at milepost 7 on Interstate 80 near Evanston, Wyoming.

The crash was reported before 6 p.m., Thursday. The pilot walked away from the crash without injury, according to a Facebook post by the county agency.

Allen Kenitzer, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Communuications, confirmed that an experimental BF9-2 airplane crashed under unknown circumstances when it’s engine stalled.

He said the aircraft attempted to land on I-80 when it clipped a semi truck and flipped over.

The aircraft was traveling from Longmont, Colo. to Bountiful, Utah, Kenitzer told 2News.

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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident further.

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