ANSLEY, Neb. (AP) — A central Nebraska man has died from injuries he received in the crash of an ultralight aircraft.
The Custer County Sheriff’s office tells Broken Bow radio station KCNI that the crash happened just before 8 a.m. Tuesday on private property south of Ansley.
The sheriff’s office says 61-year-old Wayne Palmer, of rural Ansley, was piloting of the aircraft when it crashed. Palmer was critically injured and later died. A passenger, Charles Roberts of Osceola, was not injured in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.