PLANE CRASH

A preliminary report says a student pilot was attempting to land a small plane at a central Florida airport when it collided with another small plane, sending both aircraft crashing into a lake and killing four people.

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator said Thursday officials recovered both of the planes involved in the mid-air Winter Haven crash that killed four people, including a 19-year-old student pilot.

Four people died after two small planes collided in the air Tuesday and crashed into Lake Hartridge in Winter Haven, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

It was not just an udder day when a plane crashed Wednesday in a Clay County cow pasture, according to News 6 partner News4JAX.

The pilot of a small, home-built airplane that crashed in Oak Hill two weeks ago has died.

A pilot was hospitalized after a small, home-built airplane he was flying crashed in a wooded area in Volusia County, deputies said.

Authorities say two people have been rescued more than six hours after their single-engine plane crashed and got stuck in some live power lines in Maryland.

A 73-year-old Venice man died after the single-engine airplane he was piloting crashed into a tree, Tuesday.

A single-engine plane crashed in in Oak Hill on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

A single-engine Searey seaplane crashed into Lake Weir in Marion County on Sunday with two occupants, according to Marion County Fire Rescue.

A pilot suffered minor injuries when a small plane crashed Wednesday morning in the yard of a home in Hilliard, according to News 6 partner WJXT-TV.

A plane crash in Volusia County Wednesday evening killed the sole occupant of the aircraft after it landed in the woods east of Lake Ashby, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office.

A flight instructor and a passenger were killed when a small airplane crashed in the woods east of Lake Ashby in Osteen, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A person was injured after a small plane crashed near an industrial area in Melbourne Tuesday afternoon, according to the city’s fire chief.

A small plane crashed next to I-95 in Flagler County.

Police body-camera video shows a harrowing rescue in California, where a small plane crashed on railroad tracks shortly after takeoff from a suburban Los Angeles airfield.

A small plane attempting to land minutes after beginning a flight to Florida crashed in the Dominican Republic, killing all nine people aboard.

The wreckage of a plane crash and the body of the pilot were found in Oak Hill Wednesday evening, hours after an initial search for the crash site.

Fire crews are responding to a report of plane crash in Brookshire near Katy, Texas.

Police released the name on Friday of the pilot who was killed in a plane crash at Space Coast Regional Airport.

Before a twin-engine plane nose-dived into a San Diego suburb, an increasingly concerned air traffic controller warned the pilot to climb in altitude more than a half dozen times.

An airplane crashes into Lake Weir in Marion County.

Pilot and passenger walked out with minor cuts and bruises, officials said.

Two people died in a plane crash Tuesday at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport, authorities said.

The boy, Taylor Bishop, and two people on the plane died in the Monday afternoon crash, which was recorded by a neighbor's security camera, fire officials said. The boy's mother, Megan Bishop, was also injured, but was released from the hospital later Monday, Pembroke Pines Fire Chief Marcel Rodriguez told news outlets. The Beechcraft Bonanza plane had just taken off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines and was returning just before 3 p.m., the fire chief said. Firefighters eventually freed the trapped child, and they were taken to the hospital, where the boy died. A neighbor's door camera recorded the crash, showing the plane nose-diving into the SUV as the woman was driving down a street.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – A single-engine plane bound for Florida crashed after takeoff Friday evening from an airport in northeast Georgia, killing the three people aboard, authorities said. “The aircraft crashed shortly after departing from Gainesville on a planned flight to Daytona Beach,” Duncan said in an emailed statement. “Three adult occupants were found deceased and it was confirmed with the FAA that this matches the occupants reported to them for this flight,” Brackett said, according to the newspaper. AdThe paper reported the plane came down in a ravine and that Brackett said fuel from the plane landed on a home, displacing five people from the dwelling. Duncan’s statement said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Divers recovered the body Monday of a 24-year-old pilot whose plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach County, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office divers found the body inside the Piper PA-28, the Coast Guard said. Abhishek Patter was the lone person on the single-engine plane, which crashed Sunday night near Boynton Beach Inlet, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The plane was flying from Palm Beach County Park Airport to Merritt Island Airport, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) north, officials said.

ATTALLA, Ala. – A Florida man has been identified as the victim in a fatal airplane crash in northeast Alabama. Longtime pilot Elliott George Charles Leadlay, of Merritt Island, was killed in the crash, which occurred Saturday afternoon near Attalla. Area residents called after hearing the sound of an airplane engine followed by a loud bang or boom, sheriff’s officials said. Leadlay was the only person aboard, and officials say he was flying home after visiting a friend in Kentucky. Investigators will determine a probable cause of the crash.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A small plane landed in a pond in New Smyrna Beach Tuesday evening, according to Federal Aviation Authority officials. Kevin Huffman said he’s a family practice physician and was eating dinner with his daughter nearby when the plane went down. “I heard an explosion and I thought it was a car coming off the road, flipping into the water, but then we noticed it was an airplane,” Kevin Huffman said. ‘I heard an explosion:’ Witnesses help save passengers after small plane lands in pond in New Smyrna BeachHeidi Huffman said that she watched as the plane hit the water. The Huffmans said that several people in the area ran over to help, with Kevin Huffman getting into the water himself.

MACCLENNY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol said a 53-year-old Jacksonville pilot was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after his homemade aircraft crashed Saturday night in Baker County. [TRENDING: Iota strengthens into hurricane | How to follow live coverage of SpaceX crewed launch | Fake DEA agent brings gun to Disney, deputies say]Officials said the pilot was alone when the single-engine red aircraft crashed. The pilot was flying east from a hanger when the aircraft lost power. When the pilot turned the aircraft to fly west back to the hanger, that’s when he started to rapidly descend. The Highway Patrol and the Baker County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.

OCALA, Fla. – A funeral was held Friday for Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham, who died Sunday in a plane crash. Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn said he expected a large turnout for the fallen police chief. “One of the best decisions that I’ve ever made was picking up the phone and called Greg to come back to Ocala to be our chief. ”He loved Ocala and Ocala loved him," Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said. [RELATED: ‘He’s done such a great job for our community:’ Ocala mayor reacts to death of police chief]Full honors were presented in front of the church following the service.

OCALA, Fla. – Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham died Sunday morning in a plane crash, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 9700 block of Southwest 140th Avenue near Dunnellon. The crash happened near the Marion County Airport. Marion County Sheriff’s Office officials said the plane was Graham’s personal aircraft and he was the only person onboard the single-engine plane. @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/5gDuQVpMlv — Ezzy Castro (@EzzyCastro) October 26, 2020Right now, as federal investigators work to find out how the crash happened, Graham’s colleagues and friends are trying to recall the happy times.

FOLEY, Ala. – Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood. The crash happened near a Baldwin County public school when students were still on campus during an after-school program. Baldwin County Public Schools Superintendent Eddie Tyler said the crash was “a little too close for comfort.”Garrett, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, was a student aviator for the Coast Guard. She was identified by Rear Adm. William Kelly, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Ross served three years with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, Virginia, before joining the Florida based Training Squadron Two in 2018.

FOLEY, Ala. – The two crew members who died when a U.S. Navy training plane out of Florida crashed in an Alabama residential neighborhood were an instructor pilot and a student aviator, the Navy said Saturday. The two-person crew, whose names were not immediately released, were on a routine training flight Friday out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, Zach Harrell, spokesman for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said. They were seeking any photos or video of the aircraft in flight, WALA-TV reported. A photo shows smoke billowing from a home and at least two vehicles in the subdivision in Foley, Alabama on the Gulf Coast where the T-6B Texan II aircraft crashed around 5 p.m. Friday. Staff and kids at a nearby school were still on campus in an after-school program, Baldwin County Public Schools Superintendent Eddie Tyler told WALA-TV, calling the crash “a little too close for comfort.”

Published: October 15, 2020, 8:07 am Updated: October 15, 2020, 9:56 amCITRA, Fla. – A pilot was killed early Wednesday when a single-engine plane crashed in a remote part of Marion County near the Ocala National Forest, officials said. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said its aviation unit located the downed plane near Orange Springs. investigators were able to reach the private plane and discovered the pilot, the sole occupant, dead, sheriff’s officials said. The pilot was identified as John Toole Jr., 65. Investigators believe that Toole may have been trying to land at a nearby private airstrip when the crash occurred.

Records show Jeffrey Salan, 70, was piloting the plane on July 13, 2017 while training 27-year-old Mohammed Alanazi, of Saudi Arabia. The NTSB listed the cause of the crash as loss of in-flight control. Records from the agency show that Salan had cocaine and marijuana in his system at the time of the crash but whether he was experiencing the effects of the drugs at the time is unknown. A family member said Salan used marijuana casually and had used cocaine in the past. Records show the plane then descended a second time and final time at a rate of 10,000 feet per minute.