The pilot of a small plane that went down in Ned Brown Preserve Friday evening shortly after taking off from O’Hare Airport was able to walk away from the crash, according to Cook County Forest Preserve officials.
No one else was on board the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 200 when it went down about 7:15 p.m. in the southeastern section of the forest preserve, popularly known as Busse Woods, near the Main Dam, officials said.
The pilot was taken to a local hospital with injuries that weren’t believed to be life threatening, officials said.
It was not immediately known why the plane crashed.
The craft was headed to Waterloo, Iowa, but turned back to O’Hare and crashed on its second approach, according to National Transportation Safety Board officials.
Forest Preserves police and other emergency personnel were on the scene Friday night, and the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.
CRASH ALERT: #ElkGroveVillage - A King Air plane has crash landed in Busse Woods, just west of Arlington Heights Road, between Elk Grove Blvd. and Landmeier. Reports unconfirmed that pilot, carrying an unknown cargo, was OK. O'Hare Fire, Chicago Police, EG Fire, Police on scene. pic.twitter.com/WDOOWLnURw
— J&T Scanner (@JT_Scanner) September 9, 2023
