February 17, 2005: Nevada CAP Spots Downed Plane, Pilot

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On this date in 2005, a day after a plane went down in a rugged area of Nevada, the Nevada Civil Air Patrol spotted the wreckage and the pilot, who lived to tell the tale.

An excerpt from the Montrose (Nev.) Press:

MONTROSE - The emergency transmitter's battery could have died. The search could have been abandoned. So much could have gone wrong, but somehow, everything turned out just right for the pilot of a small plane that crashed on the Uncompahgre Plateau Wednesday.    Scott Thurner, 57, of Milwaukee was found alive with minor injuries after search and rescue personnel Thursday spotted the wreckage of Thurner's Cessna 172 in a canyon south of Raspberry Tower, which is located just west of the top of Highway 90 approximately 20 miles west of Montrose.  He was treated for cuts and bruises at Montrose Memorial Hospital shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday- close to 30 hours since crash landing into some trees.

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