BOELUS, Neb. -- Federal officials are investigating a plane crash in central Nebraska. 

It happened Tuesday night in a field northwest of Boelus in Howard County. 

FAA officials said the single-engine Cirrus SR-22, registered to a man out of Grand Island went down. 

A crash report said the pilot deployed a parachute and the plane suffered substantial damage. 

There's been no word on the extent of the injuries to the pilot.