Plane crash hurts 61YO CdA resident

HAYDEN — The pilot of a two-seat single-engine plane that crashed Monday at the Coeur d’Alene Airport danced a jig for medics before he was transported to Kootenai Health.

His plane, a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, sat — with a bent wing and body damage — in the grass at the end of the runway where the crash occurred.

“It’s a good crash when you can walk away from it,” airport operations manager Phil Cummings said.

The plane’s 61-year-old pilot, Frank G. Gordon, of Coeur d’Alene, was transported to Kootenai Health following the 1:40 p.m. crash/ Ralph Bartholdt , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.