GREENE COUNTY — A man is in the hospital after crashing his ultralight plane in a Greene County field Monday evening.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, the crash occurred at 75 S Charleston Road in Jamestown, just north of U.S. 35, around 7:15 p.m.
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An Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatcher told News Center 7 that the pilot was transported to Miami Valley Hospital with minor injuries.
Daniel Kirk said he was on his back porch when he watched the plane nosedive onto his property.
“So, I ran. My house is probably about 300 years from here, so I took off running,” Kirk said.
He said he wasn’t sure what he was going to see when he got to the aircraft.
“Called the, uh, 9-1-1, and I was the third one on scene after his son, his son and neighbor had arrived in a vehicle,” Kirk said. “Thankfully, he was awake and talking to us, so we rolled the aircraft over him and kept him calm and entertained, I guess, until the squad got here,” Kirk said.
News Center 7’s Taylor Robertson also spoke with the pilot’s son off-camera.
He said his dad is retired and flies ultralight planes for fun.
He added that this was the first time he put this plane in the air, but it’s the second time he crashed an ultralight.
“I was concerned it was going to be a lot worse,” Kirk said.
The man’s son told News Center 7 that he didn’t have a pilot’s license.
State troopers said he didn’t need one to fly an ultralight plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration classifies ultralights as vehicles because they are so small.
“Not what I expect on a Monday evening in the summer, that’s for sure,” Kirk said.
This crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
We will continue to follow this story.
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