Fatal plane crash near Windom

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED NEAR WINDOM SUNDAY MORNING.   

 

THE PIPER AIRPLANE REPORTEDLY LEFT THE WINDOM AIRPORT AT ABOUT 7:00 SUNDAY MORNING.  AT 7:05AM, THE COTTONWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED THAT RADIO CONTACT WITH THE PLANE HAD BEEN LOST.   

 

SHORTLY BEFORE 8:00AM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PLANE HAD CRASHED ABOUT 2-½ MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT OF THE PLANE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.   

 

THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AS OF SUNDAY EVENING. 

 

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL BE LEADING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT.  ASSISTANCE AT THE CRASH SITE WAS PROVIDED BY THE WINDOM POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE WINDOM FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.