Small plane with 2 on board crashes near DeKalb Airport
DeKALB, Ill. - Two people were injured in a small plane crash near DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport on Thursday.
The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. behind a business located at 260 W. Lincoln Hwy in Cortland, Illinois, officials said. The two men on board were conscious following the crash and transported to Northwestern Kishwaukee Hospital.
The severity of their injuries was not immediately known, and the cause of the plane crash is under investigation.
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The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says the pilot was identified as Drew Benet Meyer of Evansville, Indiana, which is where the single-engine Cessna 177 departed from. The passenger is Bennett S. Hatfield of Whitestown, Indiana.
Small plane crash near DeKalb Airport
The plane will be removed from the crash site – a cornfield – and taken to DeKalb Airport – which is about a mile away – for further investigation.
The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting the investigation.