Pilot suffers minor injuries in crash landing of crop duster

(AP) – Police say a pilot suffered minor injuries when his crop dusting plane crash landed after a failed takeoff.

Maryland State Police said the pilot, 30-year-old Martin Stoken of Felton, Delaware, had performed an emergency landing Saturday at a farm field in Kent county near Chestertown.

After undergoing repairs, police say the pilot tried to take off Sunday at 2:30 p.m., but the plane lost power and hit a car trailer before landing upright.

Police say the pilot got out of the plane, which then caught fire.

The plane, a Grumman Ag Cat crop dusting plane, is owned by Delmarva Aerial Crop Service in Marydel.