A small plane that crashed in West Jordan on Thursday afternoon took out power lines and left hundreds of people without power, but the pilot suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The twin-engine plane had taken off from South Valley Regional Airport and crashed during takeoff at 2:10 p.m., according to airport spokeswoman Nancy Volmer.
As the plane went down just south of the airport, near 8600 South and 4000 West, it hit a power line, which sparked a grass fire, Volmer said.
The 26-year-old male pilot was taken to Intermountain Healthcare with a head injury that is not life-threatening, she said.
The fire has since been extinguished by the West Jordan Fire Department, Volmer said. Officials are investigating the cause of the crash.
According to Tiffany Erickson, a spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power, more than 400 customers were without power at about 2:30 p.m. because the plane ”tore some lines down.”
The outages occurred in West Jordan between 8500 South and 9000 South and between 4000 West and 4150 West, Erickson said.
A Rocky Mountain Power crew restored power to all except 41 customers just after 3:20 p.m., Erickson said. Power was expected to be restored to the remaining customers by 11 p.m., she said.
The nature of any injuries in the crash was not immediately known.
The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as more information is released.
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