One person hurt in ultralight plane crash in White County

CLEVELAND -- One person received minor injuries when an ultralight aircraft with two people on board crashed behind a home at 4879 Highway 115 East in the Leaf community east of Cleveland Friday night. 

Emergency personnel responded to the crash just before noon Saturday. 

White County Public Safety Director David Murphy said a passenger was injured in the crash, and was checked out by White County EMS personnel Friday night, though emergency personnel were not aware those injuries were related to an aircraft incident. 

For unexplained reasons the aircraft crash was not properly reported until Saturday morning, Murphy said. 

Murphy said the scene has been secured and turned over to White County Sheriff’s Office, who, along with the Federal Aviation Administration, will be investigating. 

An FAA representative was scheduled to be at the crash site Saturday afternoon. 

A mangled ultralight aircraft awaits federal investigators.

A White County deputy sheriff secures the crash site pending the arrival of federal investigators.

Barrier tape surrounds the scene of a Friday-night ultralight aircraft crash east of Cleveland. That incident was not reported until almost noon Saturday.

The fuselage of an ultralight aircraft rests on the ground in a wooded area behind a home east of Cleveland. One person received minor injuries in the crash.

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