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Pilot survives plane crash in White County
By
David Harten
This article was published June 7, 2012 at 3:03 p.m.
PHOTO BY WHITE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Photo of the wreckage from a White County plane crash on Thursday afternoon.
A plane crash in White County left a lot of damage, but the pilot was able to walk away.
According to a release from the White County Sheriff's Office, the pilot of the plane, J.P. Freppon, crashed the small aircraft early Thursday afternoon, with authorities getting word of the incident at 1:45 p.m.
Freppon was able to dump all the fertilizer in his load before landing the plane in a field, but it caught fire shortly after landing. The flames were extinguished by the Higginson Fire Department.
Freppon sustained no injuries
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