Plane Crash In Mahnomen Sends Pilot To Hospital

A pilot was airlifted to Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, with unknown injuries following a plane crash five miles south of Mahnomen near the Mahnomen Airport.

On June 20 at approximately 8:04 p.m. the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting the plane crash.

The pilot has been identified as 56-year old Mark Habedank of Twin Valley, according to Carla Larvinson of the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office.

Once on the scene deputies located the plane in the field and Habedank was removed by two Minnesota Department of Transportation employees.

The Mahnomen Ambulance and Life Flight responded to the crash, which is still under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.