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Monday, May 6
The Indiana Daily Student

Pilot OK after I-65 emergency landing

A single engine plane crashed early Sunday morning just northeast of the 100 mile marker on Indiana 65.\nAlan D. Gluff, 52, left at about 8:30 a.m. from the Greenwood Airport, Greenwood, Ind., for a local flight. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft, which was an experimental homebuilt single engine two passenger plan, began experiencing engine trouble, according to an Indiana State Police press release.\nGluff was able to turn the aircraft around but was forced to make an emergency landing in a field northeast of the 100 mile marker of I-65. When the aircraft touched down in a field, the aircraft rolled over on its top before coming to a final rest, according to the press release.\nGluff was not injured in the crash.

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