Small plane crashes near North Perry Airport, occupants injured, police say
A small airplane crashed onto a lawn just outside North Perry Airport midday Friday near a psychiatric hospital, police say. Those onboard were treated for their injuries.
Around 11:30 a.m., the Pembroke Pines Police Department and Fire Rescue rushed to the crash just north of South Florida State Hospital, 800 East Cypress Drive. All occupants of the plane are “conscious and breathing.”
Police added no one else was injured, and traffic nearby should not be affected.
There were two people onboard the fixed wing, single-engine Cessna 172P, according to the FAA and its aircraft database. The registered owner is Trajectory Aviation LLC., based in Hollywood.
Trajectory Aviation offers flight training as well as drone and manned aircraft imaging, its website reads. The plane is pictured in the website’s training section. The company could not immediately provide comments about the crash.
According to FlightAware, the plane initially left North Perry Airport at 7:57 a.m. and landed at Okeechobee County Airport at 9:04 a.m. It promptly took off again from Okeechobee at 9:41 a.m. and was on its way back to North Perry.
This is a developing story.
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