Pilot Walks Away from Crash of Experimental Plane

A man from Howell County, Missouri crashed his experimental airplane Monday night, but was able to walk about two miles to get help.   

Dispatchers say they got a call about 9:45 pm, after a local man piloting an experimental airplane took off from the Willow Springs Airport.

They say he was circling his property just north of the airport when his wife heard the engine cut out. The plane then disappeared.

Searchers were looking both on the ground and in the air for the wreckage, which they still have not found.

Dispatchers say the pilot walked until he found a home where he could get help. He was taken to an area hospital to be checked out.