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2hurtinplanecrash near Pilot Country

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 26, 2009

SHADY HILLS - Two men were injured when a small plane crashed in rural Pasco County on Sunday afternoon.

The pilot and passenger, who had serious leg injuries, were flown by helicopter to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities did not identify the men and had not determined the origin or destination of the airplane.

The plane crashed about 2:30 p.m. near Pilot Country, in the area of U.S. 41 and State Road 52 in north-central Pasco.
Pilot Country is a small aviation community in rural Pasco that consists of a short runway flanked by single-family homes and hangars.

The Federal Aviation Authority said the plane was a single-engine Piper. It crashed in a field at the end of a runway, said Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman.

There is "no information of a fatality in that accident," Bergen said.

The FAA will investigate, she said.

This is the second small plane crash in Pasco in as many days.

On Friday, a single-engine plane crashed in Zephyrhills, killing the pilot, a 46-year-old newly married mother and her 7-year-old daughter.

A staff report

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