Investigators said the pilot of the Piper aircraft, a man from Oregon, took off from Everett’s Paine Field just before 3:30 p.m and then began losing engine power. He told investigators he was losing too much altitude to return so he attempted to land on Harbour Point Boulevard because it was clear. The plane, however, clipped power lines and then hit a street light, rupturing a fuel cell.
No one was seriously injured, and the pilot and his passenger walked away from the accident.