Plane crashes at takeoff at Greene County Airport

UPDATE @ 8:35 p.m.

Ross McNutt of MacAir Aviation, one of the largest flight training programs in the area, said the pilot is an aero club member. The pilot, whose name was not released, was flying the club's 1976 Cessna 172 Skyhawk and was doing "touch and gos as part of a training program" when the plane crashed.

"The pilot is fine. He got a bump on the chin and a bump on the neck and the head," McNutt said.

"He for some reason veered off of the runway and caught a light (wind) and caught a hill with the prop(eller), which spun the aircraft," he said.

The Federal Aviation Administration arrived to the scene to investigate the crash along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

"Today was a great day to go flying," he said. "We had 15 aerobatic flights and probably about 15, 20 other flights going on here at the Greene County Airport."

McNutt said a small crash is something that happens every once in a while.

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, fixed-wing aircraft. It has become the best-selling, most-flown single-engine aircraft in the world, according the to the Cessna Aircraft Co. website.

UPDATE @ 6:2 p.m.

The pilot, who was the only one aboard when the small plane crashes, appears to have only suffered minor injuries, according to medics.

FIRST REPORT

Crews are responding to a report of a plane crash at the Greene County Airport.

The small plane crashed around 6 p.m. on the south end of the runway at the Greene County - Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport, 140 N. Valley Road.

The runway has been shut down at the airport following the crash.

The pilot reportedly was walking around after the crash, and the plane was not on fire, according to initial reports.

We are on the way and will update this report as we learn details.