Helicopter hovers area surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ahead of school shooting reenactment
A helicopter flies over the area surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Friday, August 4, 2023. A reenactment of the 2018 school shooting is scheduled for this morning. (Fox News Digital)
A small plane crashed in a Florida neighborhood Friday and narrowly missed a home, crash-landing in a front yard, authorities said.
The single-engine Challenger II departed Spruce Creek Airport in Port Orange, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
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A small plane in the front yard of a home in Florida where it crash-landed Friday. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)
The plane encountered engine trouble when it crashed in a front yard of a home on Guava Drive in Port Orange around 11:30 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital. The pilot tried landing in a canopy, which flipped into the resident's yard, FOX Orlando reported.
Two people on board were "alert and conscious," authorities said. One was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the crash.
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