Show Plane Crash On San Juan JuanIs Juans Is s Reported The first Accident In the two year history of Byrd Aviation Company resulted In no Injuries but about 1500 damage to a 1955 Cessna plane Saturday Jan 14 The mishap occurred when the plane was set down on a landIng landIng land land- Ing strip about 10 to miles up the San Juan river above the point where It flows Into the Colorado River In Utah near Mold Dome The plane was caught by a sudden sudden sud den gust of wind when Glen Piner the pilot came In for a landing on a strip on a ledge near Dome The landing gear wing and tail tall assembly were damaged The pilot and two passengers passengers pas pas- both geologists for a n major oil company were unhurt Dome is Is In In an Isolated area along the San Juan River and Is only by plane or over jeep trails Two uranium drillers took the planes plane's two passengers and the pilot to a nearby oil well by jeep and they were transported from the he well to Blanding by automobile automobile automo automo- bile a trip that required five hours Pete Byrd and Piner Finer returned to o the damaged plane the following follow follow- Ing ng day made emergency repairs and flew the plane back to Moab It will be returned to service I soon The damage was covered by insurance Byrd said |