Pilot Attempts To Land At Amery Airport, WI

Many stories about plane accidents do not have happy endings. This one does.

Polk County sheriff officials say 64-year old pilot Lawrence Stoffel, his 28-year old wife Rowena, and the six-year old child escaped serious injury when their plane crashed while attempting to land at Amery Airport in Western Wisconsin Sunday, reported the Associated Press.

All three were taken to a local hospital following the crash of their single-engine Cessna with non-life-threatening injuries. (The FAA prelim, below, notes the accident aircraft was a two-seat Cessna 150 -- Ed.)

Authorities say Stoffel was trying to land the Cessna around 4:30 pm when the aircraft "suddenly went up, and then came down" in some trees near the runway.

Firefighters foamed the area to prevent leaking fuel from igniting.

The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 50486        Make/Model: C150      Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
  Date: 04/28/2007     Time: 2130

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: Minor     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor

LOCATION
  City: AMERY   State: WI   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH, MISSED THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO THE WOODS ON ITS
  NOSE, AMERY, WI

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   1     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   2     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   2     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: KOEO 283135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/02 A2992

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Approach      Operation: OTHER

  Departed: HIBBING, MN                 Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: AMERY, WI                Flt Plan: VFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: MILWAUKEE, WI  (GL13)                 Entry date: 04/30/2007

FMI: www.faa.gov