Pilot injured in eastern Missouri ultralight crash

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(AP) – Authorities say a pilot was hospitalized after an ultralight
aircraft he was flying crashed in a field in eastern Missouri’s Washington
County.The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the pilot sustained serious injuries
during the crash about 8:30 a.m. Monday not far from the end of the Washington
County Airport runway near Potosi.

It was not immediately clear what caused to aircraft to go down.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

The pilot’s name was not immediately released.

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