PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A small plane headed for Fort Lauderdale from Naples made a safe emergency landing in a isolated area west of Boca Raton on Saturday afternoon, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The single-engine Piper PA-32, with an unknown number of people onboard, landed safely 8 miles west of Boca Raton Airport, the FAA said in an inquiry from WPTV. An alert notice was issued earlier for the aircraft that departed Naples Airport and was headed to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, the FAA said.
The FAA said it will investigate.
At 11:22 a.m., crews responded to reports of an aircraft incident near the 15000 block of Lox Road, PBCFR said in an unquiry by WPTV. No injuries were reported.
The plane landed on a levee at the Broward County-Palm Beach County border near the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Parkland is south of the area.
WPTV Executive Producer Pete Gomez shot video near the scene.
Boca Raton Airport is immediately adjacent to Florida Atlantic University and to Interstate 95.
The Piper A-32 Cherokee Six was manufactured in the United States by Piper Aircraft between 1965 and 2007. It has six seats.