An Urbana resident is among the three people who died Tuesday (March 3, 2020) when a small aircraft crashed near Lincoln, Illinois. State Police say 30-year-old Kevin Chapman of Urbana was a passenger on the plane. The other victims have been identified as 22-year-old Mitchell Janssen of Princeville, Illinois – who was the pilot – and 33-year-old Mathew Hanson of Pulaski, Wisconsin.
All three victims were killed shortly before 9:00 a.m. Tuesday when the 2013 Cessna 172 crashed onto Interstate 55 and became fully engulfed in flames.
Illinois State Police say the plane had departed from the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Multiple agencies responded to the scene to assist. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash and State Police say no other information is being released at this time.
