BARBER COUNTY – Two people were injured in a small plane crash just before 5p.m. on Wednesday in Barber County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the Stinson 1946 single-engine fixed wing aircraft piloted by Wright, Gary Wright, 71, Medicine Lodge, was attempting to land the aircraft at Southeast Bethel Road, just south of U.S. 160 four miles east of Medicine Lodge.
The pilot tried to pull the plane back up when part of the plane caught a fence, flipped over and came to rest on its top.
A private vehicle transported Wright and a passenger Asher Willerton, 4, to the hospital in Medicine Lodge.
They were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
The accident remains under investigation.
Bethell Road near the location of Wednesday’s crash -Google map
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BARBER COUNTY – Two people were injured in a small plane crash just before 5p.m. on Wednesday in Barber County.
The single engine plane crashed while trying to land on a private landing strip near the intersection of Bethel Road and 160th according to Barber County Sheriff Justin Rugg.
Someone who witnessed the crash transported a man and a juvenile, who were on the plane, to a hospital in Medicine Lodge.
Their injuries were not considered serious, according to the sheriff.
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