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A pilot walked away with minor injuries after his small plane crashed near a Smiths Falls airport on Saturday.
OPP say officers with the Lanark County Detachment responded to the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls, shortly after 9:00 p.m. Saturday. Police say a pilot had been conducting a training flight, simulating repeated take-off and landing maneuvers, when the Cessna 172 lost power and crashed about half a kilometre from the runway.
The pilot, who was alone in the plane, walked back to the Smiths Falls Flying Club’s facility after crashing.
The Transportation Safety Board was notified of the crash.
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