No injuries reported after Traverse City small plane crash

WGVU News | By Associated Press

Published May 11, 2022 at 7:28 AM EDT

Details still unclear as to what happened in the sky.

No injuries have been reported after a small plane crashed Tuesday evening in Traverse City, authorities said.

The crash occurred at 5:37 p.m. on the grounds of the Grand Traverse County Civic Center, Grand Traverse 911 said. The grounds are a 45-acre (18.2-hectare) park.

No injuries were reported in the crash, the 911 center said.

According to the Federal Aviation Authority, the plane is a four-seat, single engine Cessna 172 registered to Northwestern Michigan College, a community college in Traverse City that has an aviation program.

The civic center is near the approach for a runway at Cherry Capitol Airport.

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