UTICA, Minn. — A sentry was posted overnight to secure the site of a light plane that crashed Thursday evening in western Winona County. The pilot, Glenn Edward Jackson, age 61, of Byron, 40 miles away, survived and was recovering at a Rochester hospital. Jackson had taken off from the Rochester airport. Unclear was whether Jackson was out for evening pleasure whirls or had a farther destination to the east. The National Transportation Safety Board asked Winona County authorities to protect the site until its investigators arrive.
Stylishly stubby. The Glasair I RG, assembled from a kit, is popular with amateur fliers. Kits cost about $17,000 with150-horsepower Lycoming engine.