BRODHEAD - One person is dead after an airplane crashed near Brodhead Airport Monday evening.
Dennis R. Trone, 77, Petersburg, Ill., died in the crash.
Green County Sheriff's Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call around 5 p.m. Monday advising a plane had gone down near the airport. A passing motorist advised the plane had crashed in a field next to the airport.
Deputies along with Brodhead Fire, EMS and Police responded to the scene.
Initial investigation indicates the one-engine amateur-built airplane was airborne when witnesses observed the plane crash in the field.
Trone was the lone occupant of the plane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, the sheriff's department and Green County Coroner's office continue to investigate the crash.
An autopsy has been scheduled for today.
Dennis R. Trone, 77, Petersburg, Ill., died in the crash.
Green County Sheriff's Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call around 5 p.m. Monday advising a plane had gone down near the airport. A passing motorist advised the plane had crashed in a field next to the airport.
Deputies along with Brodhead Fire, EMS and Police responded to the scene.
Initial investigation indicates the one-engine amateur-built airplane was airborne when witnesses observed the plane crash in the field.
Trone was the lone occupant of the plane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, the sheriff's department and Green County Coroner's office continue to investigate the crash.
An autopsy has been scheduled for today.