PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — A small plane crashed Friday morning near North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Cessna 172P crashed around 11:30 a.m. after departing from North Perry Airport.
Authorities said the plane, registered as N96100, was carrying two women who were pulled out and then transported to a nearby hospital as trauma alerts.
Sky 10 flew over the scene around 11:45 a.m. and observed the plane overturned on the grounds of the South Florida State Hospital campus near 800 E. Cypress Drive.
Pembroke Pines police said all occupants were conscious and breathing following the crash, and no additional injuries were reported. Authorities said traffic in the area is not expected to be affected.
“It’s a good thing for that because it was headed right for a building where patients receiving mental health and medical care live,” said Pembroke Pines Mayor Angelo Castillo.
Castillo said the small plane experienced engine failure before striking a tree and overturning near an empty retention pond on the hospital campus.
Records show the aircraft is registered to Blue Sky Aviation, a South Florida-based flight training company. It is operated by Pembroke Pines Commissioner Jay Schwartz.
“These kind of occurrences are happening over and over and over and I’ve had it,” Castillo added. ”The residents of the city of Pembroke Pines have had it, and so I’m calling on Broward County to do what they have to do.”
Schwartz did not immediately respond to Local 10 News request for comment. A spokesperson for the airport says earlier this month, it passed an annual inspection with zero discrepancies.
The mangled plane was towed from the scene on Saturday morning as authorities continue to investigate.
Local 10 has covered dozens of crashes in recent yers involving planes going to and from North Perry airport, which houses multiple flight schools.
Some have crashed into neighborhoods.
“In the last five years, we’ve had over 35 accidents with aircraft taking off from North Perry Airport,” said attorney Zach Gorwitz. “What could be hte root of the problem with the amount of the crashes that we’re seeing at North Perry is the volume of flights taking off form this airport.”
The airport plans to work with authorities as they conduct the investigation.
“We’re calling on Broward County to do what they have to do to make this place safe,” he said. “If they can’t make it safe then they need to close it the hell down and go put it somewhere else where those planes don’t threaten people.”
A Broward County spokesperson said the county is cooperating with investigators, adding that “while the county will not speculate as to the cause or causes of this accident, we will be cooperating with authorities as they conduct their investigation.”
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