RUSH CITY, Minn. -- Two people escaped injury when their antique biplane crash-landed in east-central Minnesota after leaving the Duluth Airshow on Saturday.
The retired U.S. Navy biplane went down in an empty field in Stanchfield Township, about 10 miles west of Rush City, just before 7 p.m., according to the Isanti County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities said the 61-year-old pilot from Shorewood, Minn., and a co-pilot, from St. Francis, Minn., were en route to Anoka when the plane's engine failed.
The pilot stated that he attempted to make an emergency landing in a soybean field, but was carrying too much speed and had to proceed under some power lines and across a road before the plane made a hard landing in an unplanted field. The landing gear was crushed, and the plane came to rest on its belly.
The plane remained in the field over the weekend. The sheriff's office said Federal Aviation Administration officials were expected to arrive on scene Monday to conduct an investigation.
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