Plane forced to make landing in Perry County

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 4:13 P.M., the Illinois State Police District 13 Communications Center received a report from the Randolph County Sheriff's Department Dispatch of a possible airplane down.

Its last known location was 8 ½ miles east of Sparta and was reported as having engine trouble.

Law Enforcement Officers located the Cessna 210 safely landed in a farm field just off of Lost Prairie Road near Lilac Road, 1 ½ miles north of Illinois Route 154 in Perry County.

The pilot, and sole occupant, Ronald W. Coyne, a 33 year old male of Clarksville, TN was not injured. The Cessna was traveling from Springfield, TN to St. Louis, MO.