Personal aircraft crashes at end of runway at Albert Whitted Airport

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 4:26 pm

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Photo of plane that crashed in St. Petersburg courtesy of St. Petersburg Police

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St. Petersburg Fire Rescue responded to Albert Whitted
Airport located at 500 8th Ave. SE., St. Petersburg, Florida at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Units arriving on scene they found a small personal aircraft that had crashed at the end of the runway.

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There were three people on board at the time of the accident and all were uninjured.

The cause of a crash is being investigated and the scene was turned over to the airport personnel and they will be handling the salvage operations of the plane.

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There’s no fuel spill or leaks that occurred during the accident.

The aircraft is a Velocity 173 Elite FG registered out of Orlando.

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