Plane crashes near Westosha Airport

A 1969 Cessna 172 plane sits in a Town of Randall cornfield, located near highways KD and C, after the aircraft incurred engine problems that led to a crash Oct. 2. The pilot from Illinois was unharmed following the emergency landing (Obtained via Sheriff's Dept. Release/The Report)
A 1969 Cessna 172 plane sits in a Town of Randall cornfield, located near highways KD and C, after the aircraft incurred engine problems that led to a crash Oct. 2. The pilot from Illinois was unharmed following the emergency landing (Obtained via Sheriff’s Dept. Release/The Report)

No injuries reported as plane is ditched in cornfield

By Jason Arndt
Staff Writer

A 72-year-old pilot from Illinois escaped injury after his 1969 Cessna 172 plane crashed near the Westosha Airport in the Town of Randall Oct. 2.

According to a Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department news release, authorities responded shortly after 3 p.m. to the intersection of highways KD and C in the Town of Randall, where a plane reportedly crashed into a cornfield.

The news release stated the plane developed engine problems, and when the Grayslake man could not execute a landing at the Westosha Airport, the plane crashed into a nearby cornfield.

“The pilot was not injured. The plane suffered moderate damage,” the release stated. “There were no injuries to persons on the ground and no buildings were damaged.”

The 72-year-old man was en route to Chicago Executive Airport from an airport in Burlington.

There was, the release noted, some damage to crops.

“At this time deputies and rescue personnel are on scene and the Federal Aviation Administration will be contacted,”

The release said deputies and rescue personnel were on scene shortly after the crash and the Federal Aviation Administration was contacted.

The Town of Randall Fire Department responded to the scene, the release said.

Furthermore, according to Twin Lakes police logs, three village officers provided traffic control while investigators worked the clear the scene.


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