Crime & Safety
Plane Crash at Mansfield Airport
A plane registered to an Attleboro man crashed at Mansfield Municipal Airport this afternoon. Minor injuries suffered by pilot, who wasn't taken to the hospital.
Mansfield EMS and fire personnel responded to a call at noon Friday reporting a plane crash at the Mansfield Municipal Airport.
The reports stated that a plane was stationary and upside down on the runway and the pilot was trapped with minor injuries.
The pilot was removed and refused transport to a local hospital. According to local sources, the problem arose because of a small fuel leak.
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The plane, named Jabiru Calypso, was registered to an Attleboro man, Paul LaFratta, said Jim Peters, a spokesman from the FAA. It is not yet known if he was the pilot of the plane during the crash.
More information as it becomes available.
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