Idaho Falls pilot hospitalized after plane crash in Island Park 

ISLAND PARK — A aviator was taken by aerial ambulance to a section infirmary aft nan level he was successful crashed. 

The incident happened Monday disconnected Old Shotgun Road astatine a backstage airstrip, which is adjacent nan Island Park Reservoir. 

Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bart Quayle told EastIdahoNews.com they responded to nan segment astatine astir 9:45 a.m. The Island Park Fire Department and Fremont County EMS were already location providing diligent care.

Quayle said nan aviator had been identified arsenic Scott Boling, 50, of Idaho Falls. A 911 telephone came successful from a family member.

“She fundamentally said that arsenic he was gaining altitude arsenic he took disconnected to nan north, nan level abruptly turned correct really difficult and toward nan eastbound and seemed to suffer power and ended up nosediving into nan ground,” Quayle said. 

Boling was nan only personification connected nan plane, and he had to beryllium extricated by emergency responders.  

Quayle said he did not cognize what his information was astatine nan clip but he was airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center successful Idaho Falls. 

EIRMC spokeswoman Coleen Niemann said Boling is presently successful adjacent information astatine nan hospital. 

The Federal Aviation Administration said successful an online study that nan level progressive was a Piper PA-18. The craft sustained important damage. The agency said nan craft collapsed nether “unknown circumstances.” 

The FAA has taken complete nan investigation of nan crash.