FOSTER, Nebraska
A Bloomfield man is injured after his crop duster was forced to make an emergency landing north of Foster on Friday afternoon.
Pierce County Sheriff Rick Eberhardt says at around 12:15 p.m., a plane owned by Bloomfield Ag and Aerial was crop dusting a hay meadow field near Highway 13 and 542 Avenue near Foster when the pilot lost power to his plane.
“The engine lost power and the pilot tried to take it in for a landing and it plowed in and flipped end over end and landed on it’s top.”
Sheriff Eberhardt says the 27-year old pilot, Brandon Rosberg, was transported to Osmond Hospital by Osmond Fire and Rescue after he was alert and talking to emergency personnel. Eberhardt says Rosberg had complained of back and neck pain and was assisted by witnesses before emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
The Federal Aviation Administration will conduct an investigation into the incident, with a crew from Lincoln arriving to take over the scene on Friday.