The pilot of a small plane was able to crawl away from a crash landing in a field Thursday night in southern Minnesota.
At about 8:15 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration reported a plane missing to the Rice-Steele Dispatch Center, according to a news release from Steele County. The plane was located west of the town of Ellendale, where it had crashed in a field.
The pilot and owner of the plane, Daniel Bass, 39, of Winona, was able to crawl away from the plane and reach a house about 300 yards away to get help, said Deanna Bass, his wife.
Deanna Bass said her husband may have been affected by carbon monoxide fumes during the flight. She said he is being treated at the Mayo Clinic for non-life threatening injuries.
Bass was flying from Duluth to Winona when his plane went down near Ellendale, about 100 miles west of Winona, according to the sheriff’s office.
According to FAA records, the plane was a single-engine Mooney M20C built in 1969.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
