The pilot of a small plane was arrested Wednesday after the aircraft clipped a piece of communication equipment at Melbourne International Airport, officials said. (VIDEO STILL/Sky 13)
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
The pilot of a small plane was arrested Wednesday after the aircraft clipped a piece of communication equipment at Melbourne International Airport, officials said.
A man and his pre-teen son were set to take off from the airport around 2 p.m. They had communicated with the tower, but they didn't leave the runway yet.
The 1970 two-engine Cessna Skymaster clipped a piece of communication equipment and then made contact with a shed.
The man was arrested by Melbourne International Airport police, but the charges haven't been released. The Federal Aviation Administration has been called in to investigate the incident.
Air traffic at the airport wasn't shut down.
The man and his son weren't injured, according to Melbourne Fire Department officials.