A small plane crashed at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines about noon Friday, killing one of the people on board, an airport official said. Two other people were rushed to the hospital with injuries.
The plane, a Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft, appeared to be departing North Perry Airport when it crashed, said airport spokeswoman Arlene Satchell.
The medical condition of the two survivors was unknown, Satchell said.
Footage of the wreckage showed the crumpled plane on a grassy area of the airport, according to a report by WTVJ-Ch. 6. One person was seen being placed on a stretcher and given chest compressions before being placed in the back of an ambulance.
The plane’s tail number is registered to Aeroflyin Corp. based in Pembroke Pines, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
A logo for ICARO Learn 2 Fly flight school, based at the airport, was on the plane’s outside, reported WSVN-Ch 7. The plane is featured in several pictures on a social media page for the school.
The crash did not affect homes, businesses or roadways outside the airport, according to a social media post by the Pembroke Pines Police Department.
The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash. National Transportation Safety Board investigators were expected to be a the airport Saturday.
North Perry Airport is located at 101 SW 77th Way.
Friday’s crash is the third in three months.
A banner-towing plane crashed at North Perry on May 25, leaving the pilot with severe injuries. The week before, another yellow banner-towing plane of the same model crashed just over 5 miles from North Perry outside a Target shopping center in Hollywood. The pilot died.
NTSB has investigated at least 20 incidents, including crashes, involving planes departing or arriving at North Perry in the past five years, according to the agency’s data. At least six crashes were fatal.
Staff writers Victoria Ballard and Abigail Hasebroock and the Sun Sentinel archives contributed to this report.
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