UTE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say the pilot of an ultralight aircraft has been hospitalized after crashing into a western Iowa cornfield. The accident occurred a little before 7 p.m. Wednesday, about five miles northeast of Ute. Authorities say it appears the aircraft was caught in a downdraft. Crawford County sheriff’s investigators estimate that the pilot, 27-year-old Brian Borkowski, of Irwin, plummeted 50 to 60 feet as his aircraft went down.

Borkowski was taken to a Denison hospital and then flown to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.