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Dodge County emergency personnel responded to a plane crash on Monday, July 4 off of the Dubois Church Road in northern Dodge County shortly after 8:00 a.m. Dodge County sheriff’s deputies, Gresston and Roddy firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel arrived to find the pilot of a small airplane trapped inside the wreckage atop a pine tree about 50 feet off the ground in a pine thicket with heavy undergrowth.
Emergency personnel were unsuccessful in reaching the pilot with ladders or bucket trucks due to the location of the crash and the height at which the plane was lodge in the treetop.
A private citizen, Teron Allen, who owns Allen Tree Service, responded to the scene. Allen used his equipment and climbed the tree to rescue the pilot. Allen secured the pilot in a harness and lowered the pilot to awaiting paramedics through ropes and repelling equipment. Allen risked his own life to help the injured pilot.
Emergency personnel were unsuccessful in reaching the pilot with ladders or bucket trucks due to the location of the crash and the height at which the plane was lodge in the treetop.
A private citizen, Teron Allen, who owns Allen Tree Service, responded to the scene. Allen used his equipment and climbed the tree to rescue the pilot. Allen secured the pilot in a harness and lowered the pilot to awaiting paramedics through ropes and repelling equipment. Allen risked his own life to help the injured pilot.
The pilot and owner of the ultra light airplane is James R. Spletstoser, age 84. Spletstoser was taken by helicopter directly from the scene and airlifted to a trauma center for evaluation of his injuries.
Spletstoser occasionally flies the ultra light plane from his private air strip on his property on Dubois Church Road as a hobby. Spletstoser was taking off from the air strip when he crashed into the treetops. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the crash. The plane crash was witnessed by a family member, who called 911.
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