Small plane goes down in forest preserve in Elk Grove Village
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (CBS) -- A small corporate plane went down in Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village Friday evening.
As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reported, the Federal Aviation Administration said a twin-engine Beechcraft BE20 crashed around 7:15 p.m. after its pilot lost its way. The plane can seat up to nine people, but only the pilot was onboard, the FAA said.
The plane crashed in the southeastern section of the woods near the Main Dam, according Cook County Forest Preserve Police. The scene is about three miles west of O'Hare International Airport, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Video showed the twin-engine plane wedged between several trees. There were no reports that the plane ever caught fire, but when the call came in of an aircraft coming down, it was an all-hands-on-deck emergency response.
Those enjoying the Busse Woods Friday evening were caught off guard.
"All of a sudden, we heard this like loud boom sound, and we didn't know what it was, and we looked into the woods - and we saw something white, and we ran through the woods, and I saw the guy over there, and I went up to the branches, and I asked him if he was conscious," said witness Isiah Grass. "I took the phone. He was on the phone with 911. I was speaking to them. And his name was Remington. His head was really bloody."
The Elk Grove Village Fire Department said the pilot was taken to get checked out. The pilot did not have life-threatening injuries.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate, with the NTSB in charge.
Cook County Forest Preserve Police are leading the local investigation.
