Two Injured: Small Plane Crashes In Escambia County

July 12, 2012

Two people were injured when a small airplane crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday evening in Escambia County.

The crash happened at Ferguson Airport, near the intersection of Blue Angle Parkway and Highway 98, at about 6:45 p.m.

Two Pensacola men -James Gudaitis, 50, and Aaron Young, 29 – were transported to Baptist Hospital for treatment. Gudaitis was listed in serious condition while Young was treated and released. The plane was a Piper PA-28-140.

The accident will be investigated by the National Transportation and Safety Board.

Comments

4 Responses to “Two Injured: Small Plane Crashes In Escambia County”

  1. C Dye on July 28th, 2012 9:45 am

    In reply to the one post, this was not my brother’s airplane. It was the other young mans. They both are doing well and on the road to recovery.

  2. faithbe on July 13th, 2012 8:38 am

    Oh Man! hate that this happened to Jim, especially after the thousands of hours of labor he put into restoring and repairing his airplane. He’s a good guy, sure hope he’s gonna be ok.

  3. Ben Thar on July 12th, 2012 1:54 pm

    Hope they’re OK.

    It would be hard for me to get on LifeFlight after surviving a plane crash, though.

  4. Stephanie on July 12th, 2012 8:42 am

    Hope they are all ok!! Also, thanks Northescambia.com you are now my main news source, WAY better reporting than pnj and wear….thanks again!

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