Home 99.1 News Pilot Injured Following Dutton Plane Crash

Pilot Injured Following Dutton Plane Crash

Photo courtesy of Elgin OPP

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a home-built plane crashed in Dutton.

Elgin OPP say emergency crews responded to a report of a Rutan, Long-EZ, Single engine piston, armature aircraft coming down around quarter after six last night.

Authorities say homebuilt aircraft had gone down short of a grass landing strip and collided with the foundation of a home that was being built in a new subdivision.

The pilot, a 67-year-old Dutton resident, was pulled from the wreckage and air-lifted to hospital with what police describe as serious, life-altering injuries.