A small plane skidded off the runway and overturned at Clow International Airport, the Bolingbrook Fire Department confirmed.
The pilot of the RV-6 aircraft said he was taxiing on the runway when the wind caught the plane and pushed it off the runway into soft dirt, where the plane flipped over around 4:15 p.., Bolingbrook police and the FAA said.
The pilot, who was the only one in the plane, was taken to a nearby hospital to treat lacerations to the head and back pain, police said.
The FAA said it is investigating.
