Article contentA pilot walked away with minor injuries after his small plane crashed near a Smiths Falls airport on Saturday.OPP say officers with the Lanark County Detachment responded to the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls, shortly after 9:00 p.m. Saturday. Police say a pilot had been conducting a training flight, simulating repeated take-off and landing maneuvers, when the Cessna 172 lost power and crashed about half a kilometre from the runway.The pilot, who was alone in the plane, walked back to the Smiths Falls Flying Club’s facility…
