Small plane crashes near Smiths Falls airport

Lanark OPP responded to a plane crash in Smiths Falls over the weekend.

Police say in a Nov. 4 media release that officers responded to the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls, shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.

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, from Elizabethtown-Kitley, was alone in the plane, and was able to walk to the Smiths Falls Flying Club’s facility, police report. He sustained only minor injuries.

 The Transportation Safety Board was notified of the crash.