Plane ran out of fuel before crash landing, pilot says

BEE, Neb. (AP) - A pilot has walked away unhurt after he crash-landed his crop-dusting plane in southeast Nebraska.

Bruce Baird told the Lincoln Journal Star (https://bit.ly/2qrkFjq ) that his plane ran out of fuel around 6:45 p.m. Monday, so he brought it down in a cornfield about 3 miles (5 kilometers) northwest of Bee in Seward County. He says the plane’s fuel warning light wasn’t working and that he had hoped to make it to Seward for a fill-up.

The crash tore off the plane’s wheels, but Baird says he thinks the rest of the aircraft is salvageable.

Federal authorities will be investigating the incident.

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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, https://www.journalstar.com