When the 76-year-old pilot of a Cessna 180 float plane took off from South Cooking Lake on Tuesday he never imagined he would end up crash landing, or that it would take the fire department four hours to reach him.

A 76-year-old pilot escaped with just minor injuries when his small plane crash in Strathcona County Tuesday.

An Alberta man has been charged with three offences after an investigation into the well-being of llamas on a rural property near South Cooking Lake.