A man was taken to the hospital Wednesday after crashing a small plane in Volusia County, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. The single-engine aircraft went down in New Smyrna Beach, and firefighters had to extricate the pilot from the wreckage before he was flown to a Daytona Beach hospital for treatment.
According to WESH, the crash happened in the area of 3010 Turnbull Bay Road, not far from homes in the area. A separate account from Yahoo said emergency crews were initially dispatched near 1310 Turnbull Bay Road, while a photographer on scene described the wreckage as sitting behind 3010 Turnbull Bay Road — leaving some ambiguity about the precise crash site even as both accounts place it along the same road.
The call came in at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday, per a dispatch entry cited in the same report. New Smyrna Beach fire Lt. Adam Sarwi said firefighters pulled the pilot from the aircraft and began emergency medical care right at the scene before he was airlifted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach for further treatment.
Wing Separated, Fuselage Held Together
Preliminary details indicate the plane lost a wing in the crash, though its fuselage remained intact, the report notes. No cause has been determined. Sarwi said the crash remains under investigation, and no additional information — including what led to the crash — had been released as of Wednesday afternoon.
WESH, which first reported the incident, said the Volusia Sheriff's Office had not released other details and described the story as developing, with updates expected as more information becomes available.
Second Florida Aircraft Incident Same Day
The New Smyrna Beach crash came just hours after a separate, unrelated aviation emergency elsewhere in the state. Earlier Wednesday, a helicopter crashed in Miami-Dade County, killing one person, according to the same WESH report. No other connection between the two incidents has been reported.
No further details on the pilot's identity or condition beyond his hospital transport have been released. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
