Pilot, passengers trapped after plane gets tangled in powerlines; knocks out power to 85K customers

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland — A small plane got tangled in power lines as it went down in Maryland Sunday night.

The single-engine plane, originating from Westchester County Airport, crashed into power lines, knocking out power to 85,000 PEPCO customers in Montgomery County, CNN reported.

The plane, a Mooney M20J crashed near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland just before 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the FAA.

Fortunately, the pilot and passenger on board were not seriously injured but they were stranded 100 feet in the air.

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The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are planning to investigate what went wrong.

CNN contributed to this post.