{"id":333550,"date":"2026-07-08T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333550\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:56:08","slug":"1-persn-rescued-after-small-plane-crashes-near-tallahassee-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333550\/","title":{"rendered":"1 persn rescued after small plane crashes near Tallahassee airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 One person was hospitalized after a small plane crashed near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talgov.com\/airport\/airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tallahassee International Airport<\/a> on Wednesday, according to the Tallahassee Fire Department. <\/p>\n<p>At about 11:49 a.m., crews with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talgov.com\/publicsafety\/tfd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the Tallahassee Fire Department<\/a> responded to a plane crash near Cascade Lake, north of Tallahassee International Airport. When firefighters and airport rescue crews arrived, they found a downed aircraft with one occupant.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/suspect-identified-jailed-in-killing-of-fort-pierce-art-teacher-st-lucie-county-sheriffs-office-south-florida-treasure-coast-news-state-attorneys-office-essex-drive-dealing-stolen-property-false-verification-pawn-broker-andre-leonard-barnes-rifle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Suspect identified, jailed in killing of Fort Pierce art teacher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firefighters treated the occupant, who was transported by Leon County EMS to a hospital for further evaluation. There were no other people aboard the plane, the Tallahassee Fire Department said. The department&#8217;s hazardous materials team also worked to contain leaking fuel after finding fuel spilling onto the aircraft&#8217;s wings.<\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Fire Department said it is being assisted by the Tallahassee Police Department, the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Leon County EMS, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 One person was hospitalized after a small plane crashed near Tallahassee International Airport on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-333550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}