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Huntley man dies of injuries from ultralight aircraft crash Huntley emergency crews respond to a downed ultralight Saturday. The 54-year-old pilot of the ultralight recreational aircraft has died of his injuries. Alex Vucha for Shaw Media
Updated 4/5/2021 4:51 PM
A 54-year-old Huntley man has died from injuries sustained after his lightweight recreational aircraft crashed Saturday in Huntley, police said.
The preliminary finding of an autopsy conducted Monday on James W. McCulla Jr. shows blunt trauma as the cause of death. Toxicology results are pending, according to the McHenry County coroner s office.
Police and fire officials responded around 7 p.m. Saturday to an open field behind Culver s, 12950 S. Route 47. They found McCulla injured from a rapid descent, which was described as several hundred feet in his carbon paramotor ultralight essentially a parachute with a fan motor attached to the operator, according to police.
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The pilot of an ultralight aircraft who was injured Saturday evening when the aircraft crashed into a field in far northwest suburban Huntley has died, police said Monday.
The incident was reported at approximately 6:54 p.m. in the area of Illinois Route 47 and Powers Road. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft take off, and shortly after, the operator quickly banked and the aircraft went into a slow spin. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
The ultralight, which described as a parachute with a fan motor attached to the operator, then struck the ground.
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