CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (AP) - No one was hurt when a small, single-engine plane crashed into a cornfield near Central City this week, officials said, because no one was on board when it took off on its own.
The unoccupied 1941 Piper plane was undergoing maintenance with its engine running Tuesday evening when it took off down the runway at the Central City Airport and went airborne, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
The plane climbed to about 200 feet and flew nearly 1.5 miles before crashing, the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
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