SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — A self-made, experimental plane crashed in a Sevier County field Wednesday afternoon.
The pilot, the only person aboard the aircraft, was uninjured, according to witnesses and Sevier County spokesman Perrin Anderson.
The plane went down around 4 p.m. in a field off Leatherwood Lane.
According to Anderson, the pilot said his plane lost power. The flight originated in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
The NTSB and FAA are investigating, according to Anderson.
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Numerous Sevier County emergency vehicles responded.
A witness told 10News he could see the single-engine plane with the pilot sitting nearby. He said it looked the pilot may have landed on a downward slope and rolled into a creek.
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