Plane Makes Emergency Crash Landing In Micco

December 20, 2016 Andy Hodges Sebastian, Florida Arrests - Indian River County
Small plane makes crash landing near Micco Road.
Small plane makes crash landing near Micco Road.

MICCO – A small plane made a crash landing in a field along Micco Road in Brevard County on Monday afternoon.

The pilot, an instructor with Florida Institute of Technology, was practicing training maneuvers with a student passenger when the 1975 Cessna 150 filled up with smoke.

The pilot and student only suffered minor injuries, but the student was transported to Sebastian River Hospital for precautionary measures.

The plane took off from The Melbourne International Airport. It’s unclear where the aircraft was heading.

Investigators and the FAA are still investigating the crash.

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Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in Jupiter, Florida. He has been a radio and TV personality since the mid-1980s. He has worked for WFLX-TV (Fox 29), WIRK, WLIZ, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and others. In 1994, Andy took a break from broadcasting and was a software and systems engineer for various companies. In 2002, he permanently moved back to Sebastian, where Andy's family has lived for over 45 years. He returned to the broadcasting sector in 2005. Andy joined Sebastian Daily as our editor-in-chief in 2016.