(Indiana State Police photo)

A 90-year-old man is in the hospital after his aircraft crash in a field in Putnam County.

Vernon Bothwell, Jr. freed himself from the wreckage of a 28-year-old home-built experimental aircraft, a model called a "Woody Pusher," after an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon in an open field in Cloverdale.  He was taken to the Putnam County Hospital for treatment of a possibly fractured ankle and a cut to his head.

The FAA and local authorities are on the scene.  State Police say a complete motor failure forced Bothwell to attempt a landing.  He's an experienced pilot, a veteran of World War Two.