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A pilot suffered “significant injuries” after an aircraft crashed and caught fire Aug. 28 in a field in Unadilla Township, according to the municipality’s police department.
The small, single-engine aircraft crashed and caught fire around 3:51 p.m. at the southern end of Richmond Field, the Unadilla Township Police Department wrote on Facebook. The township is located between Stockbridge and Pinckney.
Livingston County Central Dispatch received a crash detection notification from an iPhone, followed by calls from nearby residents. First responders found the pilot outside the aircraft, according to police.
The pilot, a 22-year-old man from Ohio, was flying from Charlevoix to Toledo, according to police. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Michigan Hospital.
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The cause of the crash is unknown. Unadilla Township police, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Anyone who may have witnessed or heard the crash is asked to call 734-498-2325.
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at esasiela@livingstondaily.com. Follow him on X @SalsaEvan.
This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Pilot injured after airplane crashes, catches fire in Livingston County
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