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The Indiana Daily Student

Pilot uninjured after crashing homebuilt plane near I-65 highway

Engine trouble forces man to make emergency landing

A single engine plane crashed early Sunday morning just northeast of the 100 mile marker on Interstate 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 plane, 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 \nrelease.\nGluff was not injured in \nthe crash.

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