Small plane crashes on golf course in Florida Keys, lone passenger airlifted to hospital

The pilot was airlifted to an area hospital.

A small plane carrying crashed on a golf course on Friday in Florida.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo around 12:45 p.m. ET. Officers reported the pilot of the aircraft was taken by helicopter to an area hospital.

The plane suffered major damage to the nose, and the right wing was snapped in half.

Ocean Reef’s golf course is part of an exclusive gated community in the Keys. It’s located on the eastern end of the Florida Keys and is about 50 miles south of Miami.

The club has a private airport strip, which runs just to the north of the course and alongside Card Sound Golf Club.

Plane crashes in the state have made headlines several times in the last month, as five people died in eight different plane crashes in Florida during the month of February.