North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport

Charlotte, NC

John Rufty, 74, critically injured, transported to hospital, after a single-engine aircraft, piloted by Edward Eugene Sisson, 84, crashes into a lawn mower, while landing at the Taylorsville Airport.

Accident Date: 
Fri, 04/25/2014
A small plane crash-landed right onto a man riding a lawn mower, chopping off his hand. Edward Eugene Sisson, the 84-year-old pilot of the single-engine plane, collided with a lawn mower operator while landing at North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport Saturday afternoon.