Crash in Anderson, Indiana

A pilot was killed Tuesday afternoon when a small plane crashed and caught fire north of Anderson, Indiana, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded around 12:30 p.m. to a location about six miles south of Anderson Regional Airport, where they found the wreckage of a Funk B85C single-engine aircraft that had struck a tree and ignited.

Witnesses told FOX59 they saw the plane crash and burn in a nearby field. Several passersby reportedly used extinguishers to put out the flames before pulling the pilot from the wreckage and performing CPR. Emergency crews continued lifesaving efforts, but the pilot—an adult male and the only person on board—was pronounced dead at the scene, Sheriff John Beeman said.

Federal Investigation Underway

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