NEWS RELEASE
Morrison County Sheriff’s Office
September 30, 2024
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 9-30-2024 at approximately 1:21 pm, their office received a report of a plane that went down on Highway 27 near the Eastern Morrison County Sportsman Club, approximately four miles west of Pierz, MN in Agram Township.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old Aaron Casper of Eden Prairie, MN was the pilot of a small plane that was traveling from the Brainerd area to Eden Prairie. Casper advised that he lost engine power at 3,500 feet in the air. Casper reported that he had to make an emergency landing on the highway. Once on the roadway he drove the plane in the ditch to avoid traffic. Casper was not injured, the FAA is still investigating.
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Pierz Police Department, Pierz Fire Department and the MN State Patrol.