With no wheels, a pilot made a nearly perfect "belly landing" of his airplane when his landing gear failed.
Each week, Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows releases a newsletter. In case you haven't seen it, Lakeville Patch has it.
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Northfield pilot Benny Harris Svien, 61, was flying back home after a brief flight when he attempted to land on the runway located on his property in southern Dakota County, according to Sheriff Dave Bellows.
A Northfield man escaped with just minor injuries after crashing his small single-engine aircraft on July 31 in Farmington after an aborted landing. The pilot, Benny Harris Svien, 61, was flying back home after a brief flight when he attempted to land on the runway located on his property in southern Dakota County, according to Sheriff Dave Bellows. After attempting to land he powered the aircraft but began experiencing mechanical problems with the plane's rudder at approximately 1,700 feet, according to a media release from the Sheriff's Office. The plane caught on fire after crashing in a cornfield. Svien was able to get out of the plane, sustaining only minor cuts to his neck. The plane, a 2002 Kit Fox classified as an experimental …
