MONTICELLO TOWNSHIP - A pilot whose plane experienced engine failure emergency landed in a cultivated farm field just north of the Wisconsin-Illinois stateline Friday night, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.
There were no injuries, and the small airplane received minimal damage.
Thomas Michael Buchberger, 49, Plainfield, was piloting a 1976 BEEC, model A36, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft on his way from Oklahoma to Stevens Point, Sheriff Reg Gill wrote in a news release. Buchberger notified the sheriff's office of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, of his plane's engine failure and attempted to land at a small air strip near Apple Canyon Lake in Jo Daviess County but was unable to make it that far.
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office was notified at almost 7:30 p.m. Friday that Buchberger had made an emergency landing near the intersection of County W and Dimmicks Road in Monticello Township, Lafayette County.
Buchberger was the only person on board the plane.
Deputies from both counties responded to the scene and located the plane, still upright, in the field just northwest of 16528 Illinois Lane in Monticello Township. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors arrived Saturday morning, and their investigation of the incident had been completed by Sunday morning, according to Gill.
The insurance company providing coverage for the aircraft made arrangements for it to be partially dismantled on scene and then removed.
There were no injuries, and the small airplane received minimal damage.
Thomas Michael Buchberger, 49, Plainfield, was piloting a 1976 BEEC, model A36, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft on his way from Oklahoma to Stevens Point, Sheriff Reg Gill wrote in a news release. Buchberger notified the sheriff's office of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, of his plane's engine failure and attempted to land at a small air strip near Apple Canyon Lake in Jo Daviess County but was unable to make it that far.
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office was notified at almost 7:30 p.m. Friday that Buchberger had made an emergency landing near the intersection of County W and Dimmicks Road in Monticello Township, Lafayette County.
Buchberger was the only person on board the plane.
Deputies from both counties responded to the scene and located the plane, still upright, in the field just northwest of 16528 Illinois Lane in Monticello Township. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors arrived Saturday morning, and their investigation of the incident had been completed by Sunday morning, according to Gill.
The insurance company providing coverage for the aircraft made arrangements for it to be partially dismantled on scene and then removed.