LIBERAL — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pilot escaped injury when a crop duster plane’s wing hit a windmill tower and crashed in southwest Kansas.
Emergency crews were called to the scene about 6 miles east of Liberal Monday morning.
Troopers said in a report that the fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft was flying north when its right wing struck a windmill tower. The aircraft then hit the ground and slid to a stop.
The patrol says the pilot, 61-year-old Craig Stratton, of Meade, had no apparent injuries.
The Wichita Eagle reports Federal Aviation Administration records show the 1997 Air Tractor turboprop is owned by Stratton’s company, Crop-Serv Inc., which is also known as Bringham Flying Service.
