UPDATED: Single Engine Plane Crashes in Monroe Center, Pilot Identified
By: Administrator
Updated: June 27, 2012
UPDATED: 6/27/12 1:15pm - Ogle County Sheriff Michael Harn has identified the pilot of the craft as Thomas Plodzien, age 77, of Monee, IL.
UPDATED with video from crash scene.
MONROE CENTER - A single engine plane crashed in Monroe Center on Tuesday morning, killing the pilot.
The Monroe Center Fire Department got a call just before 7:30 this morning about a fire on a plane, and that the pilot needed to make an emergency landing. The fire department then lost contact with the pilot, who was coming into Rockford from DeKalb.
A firefighter reported seeing a plume of black smoke shortly after 8 A.M., and neighbors claim to have heard a loud boom. The plane, an experimental, single engine aircraft, came down in a field on Crill Road near I-39 and Highway 72.
The FAA has confirmed that the male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only occupant.
UPDATED with video from crash scene.
MONROE CENTER - A single engine plane crashed in Monroe Center on Tuesday morning, killing the pilot.
The Monroe Center Fire Department got a call just before 7:30 this morning about a fire on a plane, and that the pilot needed to make an emergency landing. The fire department then lost contact with the pilot, who was coming into Rockford from DeKalb.
A firefighter reported seeing a plume of black smoke shortly after 8 A.M., and neighbors claim to have heard a loud boom. The plane, an experimental, single engine aircraft, came down in a field on Crill Road near I-39 and Highway 72.
The FAA has confirmed that the male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only occupant.
Comments
From what someone has posted on Rockford Scanner the pilot did not make it but was the only one believed to be on board.
Jeni J.
June 26, 2012 at 8:42 am
From what someone has posted on Rockford Scanner the pilot did not make it but was the only one believed to be on board.
Jeni J.
June 26, 2012 at 8:42 am
