A twin-engine plane crashed in a field in DeLand Thursday afternoon injuring the pilot
A twin-engine plane crashed in DeLand Thursday afternoon in a field off Eidson Drive near State Road 11 at around 2:20 p.m., seriously injuring the 72-year-old male pilot, who was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert, according to authorities.
No one else was on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which will investigate the accident along with the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane crashed very near the DeLand Municipal Airport.
Where did the DeLand plane crash happen?
"It looks like it's some kind of cow pasture," Vicki Karr, public safety spokeswoman for the city of DeLand said of where the crippled airplane ended up.
What kind of plane crashed in DeLand?
The FAA identified the craft as a twin-engine Admore Aircam. According to a company website, the "AirCam is a twin-engine open cockpit experimental amateur-built aircraft designed and engineered with safety, visibility, and versatility in mind."
Police were on the scene, but no further details were immediately available.
DeLand Municipal Airport Manager John Eiff declined to name the pilot but said he is from Ormond Beach. The man is believed to be from Switzerland originally. He said the man recently leased some property to build a hangar at the airport. He said he went to lunch in Spruce Creek and was on his way back to meet someone when the crash occurred.
Jason Merrill and Juliet Benoit-Talbot were driving by and stopped to observe the scene. They live nearby and use Eidson Drive as a cut-through road. "We usually see cows and stuff out here in the field. Not planes, though," Jason Merrill said.
"We hope that everyone is all right," Benoit-Talbot said.
This is a developing story, check back for details.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: DeLand plane crash injures pilot
