Powered parachute crashes near Mabton

One person broke an arm Thursday when a powered parachute with two people on-board got tangled in power lines and crashed outside of Mabton.

The Six Chuter Legend went down at 9 a.m. near Mensonides Dairy, 305 S. Fisher Road, said Allen Kenitzer with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Capt. George Saenz of Yakima County Fire District 5 said the injured person was taken to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.

The other one wasn’t hurt. Their names were not released.

The pilot tried to make a maneuver while close to a hill near the dairy, Saenz said. They fell about 20 to 30 feet.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

This story was originally published October 26, 2017 at 11:25 AM with the headline "Powered parachute crashes near Mabton."