MITCHELLVILLE, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Police say a small plane landing at a Prince George’s County airport crashed into a fence. No one was hurt.
Troopers said in a news release that about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, a student pilot and a trainer were in a 1983 Cessna 172P fixed wing, single-engine, four-seat airplane at Freeway Airport in Mitchellville.
Police say the student pilot was landing the plane went it went off the end of the runway and crashed into a fence that separates the airport from US Route 50.
Troopers say the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transpiration Safety Board have been notified.
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