A 19-year-old pilot walked away uninjured after his rented plane experienced engine failure and crashed upside down in the Hungryland Preserve in Martin County.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news conference that deputies responded to the area of Pratt Whitney Road and Indiantown Road shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday following two reports of a crash.
Pilot, 19, was heading to Melbourne when plane crashed
“One call came from the pilot, and another came from a control tower in Palm Beach,” Sheriff John Budensiek said.
The pilot, identified as Anders Brock-Utne, 19, of Dallas, Texas, rented the single-engine fixed-wing Piper Aircraft in Melbourne, Florida to log flight hours, the sheriff said…