MOUNT VERNON, Wash — A man is recovering after crashing his plane into the Skagit River Saturday evening.
The Mount Vernon Police Department received several 911 calls just after 6 p.m. Saturday for reports that a small plane had crashed int the river near the I-5 bridge in Mount Vernon.
Officials responded and discovered a single-engine plane in the water on the south shore about 600 yards west of the I-5 bridge, police said.
Officers and firefighters worked together to make a human chain to reach the 75-year-old pilot and pull him out of the plane to safety.
The man was treated for minor injuries and is expected to be okay, police said. No one was else was on the plane.
Skagit Breaking News sent KING 5 video of the plane in the water.
It's still unclear how or why the plane crash-landed into the river, but the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board said they will investigate.