One person was injured this morning in the crash of a single-engine airplane with two people aboard near the Jimmy Stewart Airport in White Township.
The plane reportedly experienced engine trouble just after taking off. It was being flown by a student pilot who had his instructor with him, but when the engine stalled, they tried to return to the airport, crashing in a field just off Airport Road.
NOTE: The Indiana Gazette identifies the pilot as James Duncan of White Township, and his instructor as Mark Henck, also of White Township.
Renda Broadcasting was alerted via Facebook contributors, who sent photos.
Indiana firefighters were summoned at 9:24 AM. The wreckage was removed to a hangar at the airport. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration will head up the investigation.
