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Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, on Friday, at approximately 2:48 pm, ND Highway Patrol and Barnes County Sheriff\u2019s Office officers responded to a report of a plane crash one mile south of I-94 exit 283, approximately 8 miles west\u00a0of Valley City.<\/p>\n
A 1974 Thrush cropduster was flying in the Sanborn area when the pilot experienced difficulties with the aircraft and attempted to set the plane down in an open field. While doing so, the plane clipped a corn field and came to rest in a slough, upside down, one mile south of I-94 Exit 283.<\/p>\n
The pilot, 45 year old Brian Welken,\u00a0of \u00a0Valley City, was able to extricate himself from the aircraft and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City for non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
In addition to the Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s office, the Sanborn Fire Department, Valley City Fire Department, and the Barnes County Ambulance Service responded to the crash scene.<\/p>\n
The crash is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration. The\u00a0Highway Patrol \u00a0will not be releasing any other details about the crash.<\/p>\n