A pilot died after a small plane crash near Gainesville on Tuesday, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department reports.
Residents in Micanopy reported hearing a plane losing altitude and then a loud boom sound shortly after 2 p.m., officials say.
Around the same time, the Combined Communications Center also reported receiving calls from the Jacksonville and Gainesville Towers, who says they lost radar contact with a plane on the radar screen over Paynes Prairie State Park.
Multiple deputies and Alachua County Fire Rescue responded to the scene and were able to locate the wreckage of a small, single-engine plane by 5:15 p.m.
One individual on board died at the scene and has not yet been identified.
The scene was secured overnight by deputies and will be turned over to the FAA/NTSB for investigation.
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Source: WESH2
