Deputies with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a downed aircraft down near County Road 525 East and State Road 44 on the east side of the county. That’s about a half-mile east of the I-65 entrance and exit to Franklin near the 90 mile marker.

Sheriff Doug Cox says that the single-engine plane, which was carrying two people, suffered a fuel problem that prompted the pilot to land in a farm field in his single engine aircraft. He notes that the plane landed on its belly and stayed upright and that the landing gear did not appear to be engaged.

Sheriff Cox says that both occupants of the plane suffered cuts and bruises, but they refused medical treatment. No one on the ground was hurt.