WI Firefighters Extricate Pilot from Crashed Plane

May 16, 2020

The pilot of a small aircraft that crashed at Burlington Municipal Airport was conscious and talking with firefighters as they rescued him from the downed plane.

Source The Journal Times, Racine, Wisc.

BURLINGTON, WI—A pilot sustained at least a head injury and had to be extricated from his plane after a crash early Friday night just east of Burlington Municipal Airport.

The crash was reported at about 6:15 p.m. and occurred in a wooded area east of Honey Creek and Bieneman Road and south of Spring Prairie Road. The crash site is also north of West Chestnut Street (old Highway 11/Highway JS).

Unconfirmed reports indicate that the plane possibly struck a bridge in the area.

Firefighters on scene reported via radio that the pilot, a man, was conscious and talking to rescuers. He had a visible head injury. He had been extricated by 6:50 p.m. radio reports indicated.

The pilot was being transported to Aurora Medical Center in Burlington and Flight for Life was also being summoned.

City of Burlington and Rochester firefighters were working at the scene.

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