A single-engine plane crashed onto a private golf course in Englewood, Colorado, earlier this week. The two people aboard were able to get up and walk away without any major injury.
At around 9:44 a.m. local time Wednesday, the plane crashed onto the Meridian Golf Course shortly after taking off from Englewood’s Centennial Airport, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
Both people who had been on board got up and out of the single-engine aircraft under their own power. South Metro Fire and Rescue checked them out, with one person suffering no injuries and another suffering minor injuries but refusing transportation, the agency said on X.
The plane crashed close to golfers, none of whom were reported injured.
“It freaked us out for sure. It crashed there next to three people — within 30 feet of them,” Dave Lopez, who runs Meridian Golf Course, told the New York Post.
The crash occurred because the plane’s engine gave out without warning after take off, fire officials and Mr. Lopez told the New York Post.
The plane, meanwhile, was stuck upside down around the course’s seventh-hole tee box. The plane’s tail reads “ATP,” which is a nationwide flight school with locations in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, according to the Denver Post.
The plane’s Federal Aviation Administration registration shows that it belongs to Delaware-based ATPCE LLC.
Both the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash with the NTSB leading those efforts, the FAA said in a statement.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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