SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ind. — Indiana officials and the FAA are investigating a deadly plane crash Tuesday afternoon in Henry County.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. Sept. 10 at a private landing strip near the intersection of U.S. 36 and North County Road 200 West. The small plane crashed upside down in a bean field.
Henry County Sheriff John Sproles confirmed one person died in the crash. Indiana State Police identified the man as 82-year-old David Michael Province, from Middletown, Indiana.
According to the ISP spokesperson, the plane was headed west down the air strip and for an unknown reason, the plan crashed shortly after takeoff.
The investigation has been turned over to the FAA.
Henry County is approximately 50 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis.
This is the second deadly plane crash in four days in central Indiana. Four men from Iowa, between the ages of 19 and 68, were killed when a plane crash in Anderson on Friday, Sept. 6.