By The Franklin Daily Journal
4:20 P.M. update
FRANKLIN — A Brownsburg man was seriously injured in a plane crash Monday at a private airport in southern Johnson County.
A small aircraft crashed just after 2 p.m. Monday just west of the runway at the north end of the Franklin Flying Field, 3477 200 E, Franklin, northwest of U.S. 31 and State Road 252.
First responders pulled Floyd Oscar Hollandbeck, 83, from the wreckage. He was flown by LifeLine helicopter to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Emergency medical services personnel said he suffered facial injuries and a possible broken leg, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Hollandbeck, the pilot, was the only person on board the single-engine plane, said Matt Culp, Franklin fire chief.
Amity, Franklin, Nineveh and Trafalgar fire departments, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police responded.
The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the crash, Sheriff Duane Burgess said.
ORIGINAL STORY
FRANKLIN, Ind. — First responders are on the scene of a plane crash near a runway at the Franklin Flying Field, reported at around 2 p.m.
Lifeline helicopter has been called to the scene in regard to one individual with serious injuries. Extrication equipment has been requested. The scene is described as a wooded area near the runway in very muddy conditions.
Additional first responders are staging at hangars at the airfield.
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