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VERNON, Tooele County — A pilot suffered minor injuries in a crash landing Tuesday near the border of Juab and Tooele counties, police confirmed.
The plane crash landed around 5 p.m. Tuesday about eight miles west of Vernon, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Alen Kenitzer said. A search and rescue operation was conducted Tuesday evening, he said.
The wrecked plane was located in the Sheeprock Mountains area, just about six feet from the peak of the top of Red Pine Mountain, said Tooele County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Yale.
The man flying the aircraft was contracted with the Bureau of Land Management to do some re-seeding in an area that burned in the spring, Yale said. He was flying home to Nephi at the time and was the only person in the plane.
Yale confirmed the pilot of the aircraft suffered minor injuries to his nose, hands and stomach. The man told police he began to lose power shortly before the crash landing and was unable to clear the mountain, according to Yale.
The aircraft was an Air Tractor AT-802 plane, according to Kenitzer. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board plan to investigate the crash, Kenitzer said.
The pilot was transported home, Yale said. The wrecked plane remained on Red Pine Mountain as of late Tuesday night.