No injuries from aircraft emergency landing

On Sunday at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Boscobel Police Department responded to a report of an aircraft crash at the Boscobel Airport. 18-year-old Kyle Erpelding of Cary, IL was operating the aircraft as a flight student when suddenly the aircraft began to have issues. The passenger 42-year-old Benjamin Wesoloski of Cary, IL was the flight instructor who took over after they realized there was an emergency. Benjamin communicated with traffic control, and they were able to locate the Boscobel Airport to do an emergency landing. While completing the emergency landing, the aircraft bounced several times. Due to this, their landing gear collapsed, and the plane veered off the runway. The fuel tank ruptured and was leaking fuel as the plane came to a stop. Both occupants were uninjured. Due to minor damage to the runway, the airport groundskeeper shut down the runway for the night. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington D.C. was notified of the crash. The Boscobel Police Department was assisted at the scene by Boscobel Fire Department and Boscobel EMS.