Nov 28, 2020

Kan. man hospitalized after airplane accident on takeoff

Posted Nov 28, 2020 10:00 PM
Location of the crash Google map
Location of the crash Google map

FRANKLIN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Saturday in Franklin County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1955 Swift Gc-1B fixed wing  airplane piloted by  Wade Lee Mace, 66, Ottawa, was on the ground traveling westbound  on Rock Creek Road attempting to get into the air.

The aircraft left the roadway, veered to the northwest losing power and crashed into the open field on the northeast corner of the intersection at Montana Road.

EMS transported  Mace to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Authorities released no additional details.