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Pilot Injured Slightly
When He Landed Plane Upside Down
(Laurel, MD) – The pilot of a small experimental
aircraft is being treated for what appear to be minor injuries after his
plane crashed while landing at a local airport near Laurel this
afternoon.
The pilot is identified as Matthew M. Jurotich,
65, of the 11000-block of Frost Drive, Bowie, Md. He was transported by
ambulance to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center as a precaution due
to the force of the impact and for treatment of what appear to be minor
injuries.
Shortly after 12:30 p.m. today, troopers from
the Glen Burnie Barracks were dispatched to a reported plane crash at
the Suburban Airport, in the 500-block of Brock Bridge Road, Laurel,
Md.
When troopers arrived, they found a
single-engine plane that was flipped upside down on the airstrip. Fire
and rescue personnel were working to extricate the trapped pilot from
the plane. After he was freed, the pilot was talking and walking around
before being taken to the hospital. The pilot was the only occupant of
the plane.
The plane did not catch fire.
The cause of the crash is not known at this
time.
The preliminary investigation indicates the
pilot was landing at the airport when something caused the plane to nose
down and overturn. It is possible the nose gear buckled during the
landing, although this has not been confirmed.
Federal aviation officials have been notified
and are expected to conduct an investigation.
It is not known where the pilot was coming
from, or how long he has been a pilot. The investigation is
continuing.
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