No Serious Injuries Reported After Small Plane Crashes at Smiths Falls Airport

Montague Twp. – Lanark OPP say an Elizabethtown-Kitley pilot walked away with minor injuries after his small plane crashed near the Smiths Falls Airport in Montague Township on Saturday.

Police responded to the crash after 9:00 pm on Saturday at the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls.

They say the pilot had been conducting a training flight, simulating repeated take-off and landing maneuvers, when the Cessna 172 lost power and crashed about half a kilometre from the runway.

Police say the pilot had been alone in the plane and could walk to the Smiths Falls Flying Club’s facility.

OPP say the Transportation Safety Board was notified of the crash.