Man Uninjured In Rural St. Louis Co. Plane Crash

COLVIN TOWNSHIP, Minn. (WCCO) -- The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says a man escaped from a plane crash uninjured Sunday morning in rural St. Louis County.

Emergency responders arrived to Robert Kangas' property on the 5000 block of Townline Road in Colvin Township just before 9 a.m. They found Kangas had taken off in a single seat ultralight aircraft, and about one minute after takeoff, had crashed into a swampy ditch.

It appeared Kangas only traveled a few hundred yards before coming to a stop.

Authorities believe inexperience flying an aircraft was a factor in the crash.

The incident remains under investigation.