Emergency crews respond to airplane crash at Carson City Airport
UPDATE 9:33PM: Air traffic into and out of the Carson City Airport has been suspended at least until midnight for the investigation, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Friday night to an airplane crash at the Carson City Airport.
The call came into dispatch at around 9 p.m. of a pilot reporting he had crashed his airplane on the runway of the airport.
The pilot of the Cessna 182 informed dispatch that his airplane was destroyed but that he was not seriously injured. The airplane was reportedly upside down on the east side of the runway.
Arriving Carson City Fire Department personnel report the plane is a two-seater aircraft that had crashed on the east side and was upside down. There wasn't a fire involved in the crash but the airplane was completely destroyed. The pilot of the aircraft has refused any medical treatment.
The fire department battalion chief ordered the FAA to be contacted and the matter would be under investigation.
Check back for updates on this developing story.