Plane Makes Hard Landing Near Sebastian

April 29, 2019 Andy Hodges Traffic

Authorities say a Piper PA28 plane made a hard landing in a field near Sebastian, Florida.

SEBASTIAN – Police and fire rescue are near a field where a small plane made a hard landing along the wetlands near Sebastian south of Brevard County.

The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) said the landing site was near some wetlands and canals in Indian River County.

There were two occupants in the aircraft and their conditions are unknown at this time.

According to the FAA, the plane was identified as a Piper PA28 aircraft. The FAA is expected to investigate the incident Monday afternoon.

This is a developing story.

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About Andy Hodges

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 Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002, he moved back to Florida and settled in 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.