One person received minor injuries in a plane crash at Gaston’s White River Resort Sunday morning. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says the plane’s pilot, 46-year-old Eric Neff of Norfolk, Virginia reported he was doing a flyover at Gaston’s checking on the condition of the landing strip. He then banked hard to turn around and the engine lost power. Neff says he was going to attempt to land on the landing strip but saw pedestrians walking in his path. He was able to land the plane on its belly in a hay field near the landing strip.
The co-pilot, who reported minor injuries, and the passenger are both from Nashville, Tennessee.
The incident occurred at 10:15 Sunday morning. The aircraft is a 1996 A-36 single engine plane registered to Flygare LLC our of Norfolk.
The investigation is being handled by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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