(AP) A 44-year-old Brainerd man will spend 240 days in jail for flying while intoxicated. Jonathan Douglas Kurilla crashed his ultra-light plane into Gull Lake last year.
Kurilla was arrested at a local restaurant following the incident. He claims he didn't start drinking until he got on the rescue boat and on shore. However, a state toxicologist says he would have had to toss down 11 shots of 100 proof alcohol in the 20 minute it took for lawmen to catch up to him.
A passenger on the plane, Estelle Paulson, was treated at a local hospital.
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