Douglas Vetter, the 20-year-old pilot of a plane flying from Appleton, Wis., to a Minnesota destination, safely guided his plane to a crash landing in Cady Township, Wis.
Scott Knutson, chief deputy for the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office, said local authorities were alerted to a plane losing power at 3:17 p.m. as it approached Boyceville, Wis. He said a witness reported seeing the plane’s engine sputtering before going out as it made a gliding descent below a treeline.
Vetter landed the plane, a 1975 Piper Warrior II, in a field near 290th Street and County Road N in Cady Township.
He was not injured in the crash, which left the plane with what Knutson described as “moderate” damage.
“It is extremely fortunate it turned out that way,” Knutson said, adding that it was not immediately clear where Vetter’s destination was.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
Firefighters and EMS personnel from Spring Valley responded, along with units from United Fire Hammond, Baldwin and Woodville stations.
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SPRING VALLEY -- St. Croix County authorities were on the scene of a plane crash in the Town of Cady mid-afternoon Sunday.
The single occupant/pilot was uninjured and the aircraft appeared to have suffered only minor damage, according to radio transmissions from the scene.
Conversations between the Dispatch Center and deputies indicated the airplane encountered engine problems and the pilot advised an air traffic controller in the Twin Cities area that he'd be making an emergency landing in a corn field.
Officers arrived at about 3:20 p.m. A deputy at the scene described the location as south of CTH N and about 500 yards west of 290th Street.
Upon arrival, the pilot was out walking around and wasn't complaining of any injuries.
Firefighters and EMS personnel from Spring Valley responded, along with units from United Fire Hammond, Baldwin and Woodville stations.
Federal Aviation Administration personnel were notified and the scene was secured, pending the arrival of an agency official.
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