A pilot was flown to hospital Sun-day morning after his single-engine, homebuilt airplane crashed at Pitt Meadows Airport just after taking off on a planned trip to Montreal.
Firefighters, called to the scene shortly after 7: 40 a.m., found the plane in a ditch, engulfed in flames.
The pilot had failed in a first attempt to take off in the Mustang 2, fashioned after a Second World War-era plane, said Transportation Safety Board regional manager Bill Yearwood.
On its second attempt, the aircraft reached an altitude of about 60 metres when it lost power and crashed in a ditch near the runway, said Brad Per-rie, assistant chief of the Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue Service.
The pilot, whose name wasn't made available Sunday, was flown to Royal Columbian Hospital with minor burns and undetermined injuries to his neck and back. He had planned to fly the plane to Montreal in several stages.
Under Canadian aviation guidelines, any aircraft built by an amateur must obtain a special certificate of airworthiness from Transport Canada.
Before construction begins, the design must be approved and it must also be inspected during construction, and then again before the first flight is taken.
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