LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A pilot survived after crashing a plane into a wooded area of southern Indiana Saturday night.
According to Indiana State Police, the Louisville Airport and the FAA called troopers at 10 p.m. about a possible downed plane near the Orange County-Lawrence County line.
Police said a Lancair fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft crashed into a heavily wooded area in Orange County near Old Vincennes Road.
Officers located the plane around 4 a.m. Sunday. The pilot was found inside the plane with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The pilot had to be carried out by stretcher due to the dense woods.
It's unknown at this time how the crash happened.
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