74-Year-Old Pilot Uninjured After Plane Flips in Palisades Reservoir

Only minor injuries after plane crashes and rolls on Palisades Reservoir

A 74-year-old Wyoming man suffered minor injuries after rolling his plane near Palisades. | Courtesy Nathan Johnston PALISADES — A 74-year-old man survived a plane crash Thursday afternoon, after his wing caught the ground and flipped his aircraft. According to a news release from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a plane crash around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Palisades Reservoir about a quarter mile from the Alpine A…

74-year-old pilot uninjured after plane flips in Palisades Reservoir

A 74-year-old pilot walked away with only minor injuries Tuesday afternoon after his aircraft clipped the ground and flipped into the snowy lake bed of the Palisades Reservoir.At approximately 2:30 PM, the Bonneville County Sheriffs Office received a call reporting a small, single-engine plane overturned in the reservoir lake bed, roughly a quarter-mile from the Alpine Airport.Emergency responders from multiple agencies, including Alpine Search …