Plane crash at Ocala International Airport

UPDATE, May 8, 3:37 p.m.: Ocala Fire Rescue issued a press release Thursday afternoon that noted that units were dispatched to an aircraft emergency near Ocala International Airport on Wednesday, May 7, around 9:30 p.m., after a 9-1-1 call center received reports of a possible plane crash in the area.

“With the assistance of a third-party pilot flying overhead and communicating with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) 1, as well as a passerby who used his vehicle lights to illuminate the crash site, crews located a small plane resting outside the airport property approximately 20 feet from the southbound lanes of SW 67th Avenue Road,” the release noted.

“Upon arrival, ARFF 1, Engine 6, Squad 7, Engine 4, and Battalion Chief 11 found the small aircraft upright with its nose on the ground. The pilot was still inside the plane and required extrication. Crews assessed and stabilized the patient before focusing on the extrication process. Using a Rescue-42 stabilizer to secure the aircraft and prevent any movement, Engine 4 secured the plane while Engine 6 and Squad 7 cut the backrest of the pilot’s seat for a safe removal. Extrication was completed within six minutes, and the patient was transported to the hospital by Marion County Fire Rescue as a trauma alert.”

ORIGINAL POST: A single-engine airplane is shown early Thursday morning after a plane crash at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The plane crash happened about 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday and the pilot was trauma-alerted to a hospital. The plane ended up on the shoulder of the road on SW 67th Avenue just off airport property. As of early Thursday morning, Ocala Police were waiting for the FAA to come and conduct an investigation. The plane is a 1957 Cessna registered to Charles D. Adkins in Apopka, Florida [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2025.

Plane Crash at Ocala International Airport

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