Pilot in fatal ultralight crash identified - KOTA Territory News

Pilot in fatal ultralight crash identified

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Authorities have released the name of a pilot killed in an ultralight plane crash near Vermillion.

Seventy-five-year-old Lowell Rahn of Newcastle, Neb., had just taken off and was possibly returning to the Vermillion airport when his plane went down in cornfield about 4:15 p.m. Friday.
 
There were no passengers on the plane.
 
Authorities say a fire caused by the crash burned about two acres of corn before it was contained by firefighters.

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