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A solo pilot was rescued Saturday morning after his plane crashed into Moosehead Lake near Greenville.

According to the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office, the pilot, whose name has not been released, was transported to Northern Light CA Dean Hospital in Greenville with facial injuries and other non-life-threatening injuries. 

The plane is still submerged in the lake, and is believed to be sitting in about 90 feet of water. 

The crash took place as the 51st annual International Seaplane Fly-In continues in Greenville, and comes on the heels of three other small-plane crashes in Maine in the past two weeks, two of them fatal.

A plane flying to Fryeburg from Aroostook County crashed near the Eastern Slope Regional Airport on Thursday, killing the pilot.

A crash at Bangor International Airport on Aug. 24 killed another pilot. It was the first fatal crash to occur at the airport. And a float plane crashed Monday on Flagstaff Lake in Eustis, injuring the pilot and a passenger.

Sydney is a community reporter for Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel and previously reporter for the Courier and Post. Sydney grew up in Kennebunk and is a graduate...

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