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Small plane crashes near the Smiths Falls airport, pilot suffers minor injuries

Source: OPP West Region Communications/X. Source: OPP West Region Communications/X.
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A pilot walked away with minor injuries after his small plane crashed during a training flight near the Smiths Falls airport over the weekend.

Emergency crews responded to the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls, for a report of a plane crash shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday.

Ontario Provincial Police say the pilot was simulating repeated take off and landing maneuvers in a Cessna 172 when the plane lost power and crashed about half a kilometre from the airport.

The pilot was able to walk to the Smiths Falls Fly Club's facility.

The OPP says the Transportation Safety Board has been notified about the crash.

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