Ogden firefighters and law enforcement officers investigate a plane crash near the Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The plane had a successful takeoff but there was an in-flight emergency. That emergency prompted the pilot to land, but as the plane was landing it slid off the runway into a grassy patch next to Airport Road. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Amy Donaldson
By Amy Donaldson

OGDEN — The pilot of a small, private plane was injured after an emergency landing at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport Thursday afternoon.

“He has a successful take off,” said Ogden Deputy Fire Chief Shelby Willis of the pilot. “He has an in-flight emergency pretty quickly and decides to land, and as he lands, he slid off the runway and ends up in the field.”

The man was extricated from the plane, a Cirrus SR22, by rescue workers, and he was taken to a local hospital where he’s being treated for unknown injuries.

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“Only the pilot was on board,” Willis said.

Ogden firefighters investigate a plane crash near the Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The plane had a successful takeoff but there was an in-flight emergency. That emergency prompted the pilot to land, but as the plane was landing it slid off the runway into a grassy patch next to Airport Road. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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