Shakopee Plane Crash Injures 2 People

Shakopee, Minnesota

A small plane crashed in Shakopee, Minnesota, on Tuesday, injuring two people.

The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, crashed in a field near the Shakopee Municipal Airport at around 11:30 a.m.

The two people on board the plane were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the crash.

The FAA said the plane was registered to a private owner in Shakopee.

The NTSB said it will release a preliminary report on the crash within 10 days.

Witnesses reported seeing the plane flying low and erratically before it crashed.

“I saw the plane flying very low, and it looked like it was having trouble,” said one witness.

“It was flying so low that I thought it was going to hit a tree,” said another witness.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but the FAA and NTSB are looking into several possible factors, including:

The NTSB will release a preliminary report on the crash within 10 days, which will provide more information about the cause of the crash.

The Shakopee Fire Department and the Shakopee Police Department responded to the crash.

The fire department extinguished a small fire that started in the plane after the crash.

The police department closed the area around the crash site to traffic.