Plane crashes at Franklin Flying Field

A Brownsburg man was seriously injured in a plane crash Monday at a private airport in southern Johnson County.

A small aircraft crashed just after 2 p.m. Monday just west of the runway at the north end of the Franklin Flying Field, 3477 200 E, Franklin, northwest of U.S. 31 and State Road 252.

First responders pulled Floyd Oscar Hollandbeck, 83, from the wreckage. He was flown by LifeLine helicopter to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Emergency medical services personnel said he suffered facial injuries and a possible broken leg, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Hollandbeck, the pilot, was the only person on board the single-engine plane, said Matt Culp, Franklin fire chief.

Amity, Franklin, Nineveh and Trafalgar fire departments, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police responded.

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the crash, Sheriff Duane Burgess said.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.