The Canadian Press
Date: Sunday Jul. 31, 2011 12:58 PM ET
CENTRE WELLINGTON, Ont. — A Toronto man has been seriously hurt after a small plane crashed into a bean field about an hour's drive north of Kitchener.
Provincial police say a Moyer Dragonfly went down in Centre Wellington, near Fergus, just before 7 p.m. Saturday.
The plane had been towing a glider and had just let go of the other craft when, for unknown reasons, it lost power and crashed.
Police say the 55-year-old pilot was taken to Groves Memorial Hospital in Fergus.
He was then airlifted to a Hamilton hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The Transportation Safety Board has been notified of the crash
small plane crashed into a bean field
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Re: small plane crashed into a bean field
The plane was actually a Moyes Dragonfly, a Basic UL pusher with a high thrust line, designed for the towing of hang gliders. The Rotax 582 2 stroke engine stopped suddenly at low altitude during climbout. The hang glider released immediately but the plane stalled and this was unrecoverable. The tow plane pilot is reported as having damage to his hip and vertebrae, and the plane will require an extensive structural rebuild.
Gary Wolf
RAA Canada
Gary Wolf
RAA Canada
