WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW
VERNON COUNTY, Wis. — Two men were seriously injured Thursday when their World War II era single-engine plane heading to the EAA Airventure show in Oshkosh crashed while trying to make an emergency landing, officials confirmed.
The crash happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday in a field close to the Viroqua Municipal Airport, where the plane was heading due to engine problems.
Pilot Alton Akers, 70, Worley, Idaho and his son and co-pilot Cabe Akers, 41, Chicago, were both injured and remain hospitalized.
Officials say the engine quit while the plane was descending.
