BOSCOBEL, Wis. (WFRV) – A student pilot and a flight instructor escaped injury after making an emergency landing that caused minor runway damage Sunday evening.
According to a release, Boscobel Police Department officers responded to a report of an aircraft crash at the Boscobel Airport around 6:30 p.m.
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Eighteen-year-old Kyle Erpelding of Cary, Illinois, was operating the aircraft as a flight student when the plane began experiencing issues. Forty-two-year-old Benjamin Wesoloski, also of Cary, Illinois, was the passenger and flight instructor. He took control of the aircraft after identifying the emergency.
Wesoloski communicated with air traffic control and located the Boscobel Airport for an emergency landing. During the landing, the aircraft lost power, and oil obscured their view, causing the plane to bounce several times.
The aircraft’s landing gear collapsed, and the plane veered off the runway. The fuel tank ruptured, leaking fuel as the plane came to a stop.
Neither Erpelding nor Wesoloski was injured in the crash.
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The Boscobel Airport runway was shut down for the evening due to minor damage. The National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, D.C., was notified.
No additional details were released.
