Weekend incident was the second involving the same plane.
SOUTH HARRISON TWP. -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of a Saturday afternoon plane crash.
A Ginny B experimental aircraft flipped over after landing in a field off Monroeville Road, between Lincoln Mill and Mullica Hill roads, around 4 p.m.
This plane made an emergency landing in a South Jersey field on Saturday and flipped over. Emergency responders got the craft back on its wheels. (Nicholas P. Priore)The craft, piloted by Anthony J. Butterhof, 77, of Delaware, had taken off from Alloway Airfield in Alloway Township around 3 p.m., according to South Harrison Township Police Chief Nicholas P. Priore.
While flying over South Harrison, the plane suffered an "engine-related problem, " according to the FAA, and the pilot sought a safe place to land.
After landing on its wheels, the fixed-wing, single-engine plane tilted forward and rolled over onto its wings, Priore said.
Butterhof was removed from the plane by emergency responders, but he refused medical treatment.
Priore interviewed the pilot and filed a report with the FAA. Further investigation will be conducted by the federal agency, he said.
This isn't the first rough landing for this plane.
(Nicholas P. Priore)It made a forced landing in August 2006, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report, after it experienced a "loss of engine power in cruise flight" near Shiloh.
The pilot landed in a soybean field, causing damage to the propeller, cowling, rudder and wings. The pilot suffered minor injuries, according to the NTSB report. The report doesn't include the pilot's name.
Assisting South Harrison police at Saturday's scene were Elk Police, New Jersey State Police from the Woodstown Station, Harrisonville Fire Company and Gloucester County EMS.
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