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Pilot uninjured after plane makes hard landing in Pitt County
A small plane made an emergency landing in a field after the pilot realized he wasn't gaining enough altitude. No one was injured.
A small plane made a hard landing shortly after takeoff here in Eastern Carolina, according to emergency officials.
George Gay, Pitt County Emergency Management deputy fire marshal, said that the Ultralight aircraft took off Monday afternoon from Flanagan Field off E. Marlboro Road near Farmville.
Gay said that the pilot realized he wasn’t gaining enough altitude and had a hard landing in a field across the road from the airport.
The call for the landing came into emergency responders just after 1 p.m.
WITN was told the pilot was not injured.
