A small plane crashed near Bellevue’s Newport neighborhood Tuesday evening after a reported engine failure, according to police. There were no reported injuries.
Bellevue police and fire departments responded to multiple 911 calls about a plane in distress that deployed its parachute around 5:04 p.m. in the 6500 block of 127 Place Southeast, police spokesperson Seth Tyler said.
The two individuals who were onboard the Cirrus SR-22 told officers they were on a training flight out of Renton when the engine failed. They deployed a whole-plane parachute that allowed them to bring the plane down in a “controlled manner,” Tyler said.
Heather Wong, spokesperson for the fire department, said the plane, which did not catch on fire, poses no current fire risk.
Tyler said the police called the state’s Department of Ecology due to a small fuel spill in the area. Additionally, the Federal Aviation Administration as well as the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified. The NTSB will launch an investigation into the crash, he said.