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Janesville Police Department
Saturday August 18th, 2018 :: 11:53 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Ultralight Aircraft Crash

On 08/18/2018 at 9:31 am Janesville Police and Fire responded to an ultralight aircraft (single man aircraft with a motor, single propeller and parachute) crash at the Memorial Bridge. The pilot was traveling from north to south and collided with the Memorial Bridge. The forty-eight year old pilot sustained non-life threatening, but critical injuries. He was the only person injured and was transported to a local medical center by Janesville Fire for treatment. The investigation of the accident is still on-going and will be done jointly between the Janesville Police Department and the Milwaukee Flights Standards Division of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Incident Number: JV1846676
Location: 200 E Memorial Dr (Memorial Bridge)
By: Sergeant Chad Pearson
Date: 08/18/2018

Address/Location
Janesville Police Department
100 N Jackson St
Janesville, WI 53548

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 608-755-3100

Sergeant Chad Pearson
Patrol
[email protected]
608-755-3100

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