By Associated Press - Saturday, April 4, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A 76-year-old pilot is expected to recover after he was injured in a crash at Wetumpka Municipal Airport.

Dan Power of Millbrook suffered non-life threatening injuries in the accident Friday.

The Montgomery Advertiser (https://on.mgmadv.com/1IyGfUL ) reports the Beechcraft was trying to land around 7:30 p.m. when it clipped several trees. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said the plane crash upside-down short of the runway.

Power was the only person in the plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the cause of the crash.

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Information from: Montgomery Advertiser, https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

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