Small Plane With 3 On Board Crashes Into Trees At FL Airport

MYAKKA CITY, FL — A small plane crashed Wednesday morning at the Myakka Head Airport, 42650 State Road 64 East, near Myakka City, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

There were no injuries when the single-engine plane crashed just after 10 a.m.

The plane began to pull to the left during takeoff from the private airstrip and crashed into nearby trees, the sheriff’s office said.

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The three people on board were able to safely exit the wreckage. One person sustained minor scrapes while navigating through the thick brush, but no one needed emergency treatment, the agency said.

A brush fire that ignited at the site because of the crash has since been brought under control.

Deputies remain at the scene Wednesday morning and the Federal Aviation Administration has been notified about the crash investigation.

The crash comes about a month after two men were injured when a vintage plane crashed shortly after taking off from Airport Manatee in Palmetto.

In this March 19 crash, the single-engine Aeronca Champ “experienced a problem” just before 10 a.m., deputies said. The plane veered left, clipped a powerline and then crashed into an unoccupied pickup truck that was parked nearby.

Deputies found 70-year-old John Sikirica with visible injuries in the plane’s front seat at the Palmetto crash site.

Allen Maxwell, 86, who had been in the rear seat, was able to climb out of the plane, MCSO said. He was also injured.