Aircraft crash landed in field due to loss of engine power.
Earls Spray Service Inc
Date: 23-JUL-22
Time: 14:15:00Z
Regis#: N2270S
Aircraft Make: AYRES
Aircraft Model: S2R
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
Activity: AERIAL APPLICATION
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
Operation: 137
City: CRYSTAL
State: MICHIGAN
MONTCALM COUNTY, Michigan - One pilot in West Michigan was forced to make a runway out of crops on Saturday morning after they experienced an engine malfunction in-flight.
State police from Lakeview said the small-crop duster plane pulled off a hard landing in Montcalm County around 10:20 a.m. after the pilot told them the engine had failed.
Authorities said the pilot was uninjured and was able to safely land the plane in a field of beans and wheat.
The cause of the engine failure remains unclear at this time.
The crash comes just a week after a Cessna aircraft went down in Oceana County, killing both the pilot and the passenger.
A preliminary report from the July 15 crash found the deceased pilot, 56-year-old Raymond Gundy of Muskegon County, had not passed training to secure an instrument rating (IR).
According to authorities, weather conditions at the time made visibility poor.
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