Two men injured in Hillsboro airstrip crash-landing

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Two men who were in a small plane suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a crash-landing at a private airstrip in Hillsboro.
 
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2z2gT3G ) the 1963 Piper 250 Comanche single-engine plane crash-landed on Thursday at the Twin Oaks Airpark. Piloting it was 39-year-old John Gorman. He and 68-year-old flight instructor Ronald Magnus are expected to be OK.
 
Washington County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Bob Ray said the plane came up short during the landing and hit the edge of the runway, and then went back up before hitting the runway again hard.
 
Ray said Gorman is a licensed pilot and was working toward an advanced certification at the time of the crash.

Deputies determined Gorman was unable to maintain enough air speed to land on the paved runway. Two of the three landing gears were torn from the aircraft, catapulting it upward, causing it to fall onto the runway. The aircraft fuselage was twisted and the wings and tail section were badly damaged.