PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A small fixed-wing plane flipped, crashing at Plymouth Airport Saturday afternoon.
A Plymouth town official said that the plane flipped due to a gust of wind during takeoff around 2:30 p.m. A witness said the nose pitched, then banked to left side and cart wheeled.
The pilot, a 67-year-old from Rockland, undid his own seatbelt and pulled himself out of the wreckage before first responders could get to him, according to witnesses. He was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston via helicopter, said State Police. He suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
According to the National Weather Service, afternoon wind gusts at the airport were around 20 miles per hour. It was a multi engine plane that man was flying, which fellow pilots told FOX25's Jacqui Heinrich can be a little more unpredictable in gusty conditions.
State Police said the Federal Aviation Administration and Mass Aeronautics are investigating the circumstances of the crash.
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