Richard Bach's plane hits power lines, crashes on San Juan Island

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Richard Bach's plane hits power lines, crashes on San Juan Island
Richard Bach is in serious condition in Harborview Medical Center after a plane crash on San Juan Island Friday, August 31, 2012. The author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, snagged power lines with the landing gear of his 2008 Easton Gilbert Searey plane as he attempted to land at a grassy air strip off of San Juan Valley Road.
Two power poles snapped in half, dropping live electric lines on the roadway. The plane landed upside down in the grass with the seriously injured 76-year-old Eastsound resident stuck hanging upside down in his harness in the heavily damaged plane.
The downed power lines sparked a fire a quarter of a mile away.
A group of young Seattle residents on San Juan Island for a mini-camping vacation, cut Bach free from the harness. The group had just turned around on the narrow county road because they were lost.