Plane crashes in woods near Trenton

LITTLE EGYPT - Monday was a lucky day for two flyers who walked away from a light plane crash in the woods just off the Little Egypt Road.
The white and green Cessna 177 appeared to clip the tops of some saplings and small fir trees before it spun to a landing on the backside of a low hill about a 10-minute trudge from the road.
An Internet search of the plane's C-GRJJ registration said it was manufactured in 1977 and is owned by someone in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Witness stories are similar with people saying the plane sounded like it was having engine trouble.
"I was wondering what they were doing," said witness Robert MacNeil, of Powell Road, who hikes the woods off the Little Egypt Road daily.
"It was making a lot of noise with the engine. Then I thought they shut their engine off. I'm not sure what happened."
MacNeil said the plane was heading north when he saw it. He didn't expect that it was going down.
"I never really thought too much of it."
A couple of neighbourhood residents were taking pictures of the crash site and didn't see the plane go down but heard the same stories that were circulating around the area.
A man, who didn't want his name used, said his father heard the plane having trouble.
"He said he heard it going over and it sounded like it was quitting or freezing up. He never paid no mind and then the next thing he knew the chief of police (Trenton chief Bob White) was in the yard."
Dorothy Munro lives on Little Egypt Road and never saw or heard the plane that crashed almost in her backyard.
"I never heard a thing until somebody called me and told me."
Munro said she was doing laundry all day and must have been indoors when all the commotion took place.
"I was running back and forth to the clothesline all day."
The Pictou County District RCMP responded to the accident and Sgt. Phil Oliver said they got the call around 3:30 p.m.
"I'm not sure of what it did, if it took off or was coming in to land. It crashed into the trees, sort of a controlled crash…It appeared to be a relatively soft landing considering what happened."
Oliver said both occupants got out safely. The men, the pilot and an engineer, were located uninjured near a residence on Egypt Road. "They got out and walked up to a residence."
He described the plane as "seriously damaged."
Oliver said the crash site will be turned over to the Transportation Safety Board who will look into the circumstances of the crash.
The RCMP's investigation was completed in the afternoon in light of the fact there were no fatalities or injuries.
"The RCMP at this point is not continuing the investigation since there was no criminality or foul play." The crash is being treated as accidental.