{"id":21219,"date":"2026-07-08T22:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21219"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:41:21","slug":"a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person was transported to the hospital after a small plane crash occurred near the Tallahassee International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>According to the City of Tallahassee, the crash happened shortly before 12 p.m. on July 8, prompting an Alert III aircraft emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee Fire Department crews found the crashed aircraft with one occupant.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters treated the patient before Leon County EMS transported them to the hospital for further evaluation. Hazmat crews also worked to contain fuel after it was found leaking onto the aircraft&#8217;s wings. Crews then searched the plane to make sure no one else was inside.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not released the pilot&#8217;s condition or information about what caused the crash. The incident remains under investigation. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2026 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the City of Tallahassee, the crash happened shortly before 12 p.m. on July 8, prompting an Alert III aircraft emergency response.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T02:41:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/\",\"name\":\"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T02:35:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-09T02:41:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\",\"name\":\"WFSU Local Routes\",\"description\":\"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes","og_description":"According to the City of Tallahassee, the crash happened shortly before 12 p.m. on July 8, prompting an Alert III aircraft emergency response.","og_url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/","og_site_name":"WFSU Local Routes","article_modified_time":"2026-07-09T02:41:21+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/","name":"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0 - WFSU Local Routes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-09T02:35:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-09T02:41:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/a-small-plane-crash-near-the-tallahassee-airport-sends-one-to-the-hospital\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A small plane crash near the Tallahassee airport sends one to the hospital\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/","name":"WFSU Local Routes","description":"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news\/21219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wfsu-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}