ManitobaCanada’s Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a small plane crashed in southern Manitoba on Saturday. Pilot was sole occupant of aircraft that crashed in field near Dugald Saturday, federal agency saysA field on private property near Dugald, Man., where a small plane went down Saturday morning. The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a privately registered Quad City Challenger II ultralight crashed on Saturday morning. (Rudi Pawlychyn/CBC)Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a small plane crashed in southern Manitoba on Saturday. The federal agency said the accident happened in Dugald, a community in the Rural Municipality of Springfield around 20 kilometres east of Winnipeg. It involved a privately registered Quad City Challenger II ultralight aircraft. The pilot was the only occupant in the aircraft at the time of the crash, which happened at a field just outside the community, a spokesperson for the transportation safety board told CBC News. Several neighbours told CBC they were first on the scene, and helped bring first responders to the crash site.Manitoba RCMP said they responded to a small plane crash at around 11 a.m. on Saturday, and more details will be released when available.The TSB, responsible for investigating transportation accidents, said it has deployed a team of investigators to gather information and assess the accident. No information has been released at this time on injuries or fatalities. More from CBC Manitoba:ABOUT THE AUTHORSantiago Arias Orozco is a journalist with CBC Manitoba currently based in Winnipeg. He previously worked for CBC Toronto and the Toronto Star. You can reach him at santiago.arias.orozco@cbc.ca.
Small privately registered plane crashes in southern Manitoba: TSB
