Plane crashes in Pierce County, second aircraft in 3 hours

Officials reported a second aircraft crash in Pierce County just hours after a pilot was injured when a helicopter took a hard landing near a Christmas tree farm in McMillan.

Central Piece Fire and Rescue, the responding agency in both crashes, responded to reports of a Cessna plane crash at Thun Field in South Hill around 12:53 p.m.

According to first responders, the plane’s landing gear malfunctioned and it circled the area several times before landing. Out of the three occupants, no one was seriously injured, according to Central Pierce officials…

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