FRANKLIN, Indiana — Deputies say an 83-year-old man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a small plane crash in Johnson County on Monday.
Deputies were called to a report of a plane crash near Franklin Flying Field, located at 3477 CR 200 East in Franklin, at around 2 p.m.
The single-engine plane crashed just west of the north end of the runway.
The pilot, identified as 83-year-old Floyd Oscar Hollandbeck of Brownsburg, was extricated from the wreckage and flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Medics described his injuries as "serious with facial injuries and a possible broken leg," according to Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess.
Police, firefighters, medics respond to Johnson County small plane crash
In a 4 p.m. update, Burgess said deputies would be remaining on the scene to wait for officials from the Federal Aviation Administration to arrive
.