The FAA continues to investigate what caused an Omaha pilot to crash seconds after take-off on Sunday.

Ron Baxter's cornfield looks like it's the victim of a wayward combine. The path was made by emergency crews trying to get to a plane crash.

"It landed fairly short so it's pretty much a totaled aircraft," says Cass County Emergency Management Director William Cover.

Remarkably, the Omaha pilot, James Trammell, 57, survived. He had head, ribs and an ankle injury. Neighbors say they heard the plane take off but didn't hear it crash. The sound of whirring engines isn't unusual here at brown's airport since most of the planes coming and going from the dirt runway are associated with the Lincoln Sport Parachute Club.

Even though the pilot had just taken off and crashed not a half-mile away, he had no idea where he was. His cell phone provided the answers. Cass County 911 was able to map the cell phone's location and help emergency crews get to the tucked away scene.

The day after it's hard to see the plane's tail. The FAA hadn't yet removed the wreckage.

A few years ago, tracking down this pilot would have been next to impossible. Remember the case of Michael Wamsley and Janelle Hornickle? High on meth and lost in Sarpy County after high-centering their car on a bitter January evening in 2005, they contacted 911 too disoriented to explain where they were.

Their calls were routed to various counties. At the time, technology wasn't able to fill in the blanks like it can now. Today, many more 911 centers have the tools to find someone on a cellphone even out in the middle of a cornfield.

There was another crash at this same airport in Weeping Water in August. The plane went off the end of the runway during takeoff. There were five people on board.