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Private plane crashes into fence at Plant City Airport

The two people aboard suffered only minor injuries.

A private plane crashed early Monday morning at the Plant City Airport.

The aircraft was trying to take off just before 1 a.m. when it hit the perimeter fence on the west side of the airport near Turkey Creek Road, according to law enforcement. The airplane came to a stop in a field west of the road.

Only a pilot and one passenger were aboard. They suffered only minor injuries and both refused medical treatment.

The FAA is investigating the crash.

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