A small private airplane landed near the FARM Institute in Katama Tuesday after struggling with its takeoff from the nearby airfield, according to officials.
A small private airplane landed near the FARM Institute in Katama Tuesday after struggling with its takeoff from the nearby airfield, according to officials.
The two people aboard declined to go to the hospital.
The two people aboard declined to go to the hospital.
Shortly after 3 p.m., first responders were called to the border of the farm after the plane went down, ending up leaning on its nose. The two people aboard the plane had minor injuries but declined to be brought to the hospital, according to Edgartown fire Chief Alex Schaeffer.
The plane was attempting to fly off from the Katama Airfield, the chief said, before landing along the property run by the Trustees of Reservations.
There were no bystanders nearby at the time of the crash and children at the farm’s day camp had already left for the day, according to the Trustees.
Chief Schaeffer said Edgartown and state police also responded to the crash, and the Federal Aviation Administration was investigating.
The FAA confirmed they were looking into the incident but did not have further details Tuesday afternoon.
According to federal records, the 1975 Cessna Skylane belongs to the 43rd Flying Club, a nonprofit aviation group that flies out of Hartford, Conn.
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