An ultralight pilot appears to have escaped serious injury Saturday in a crash in Groveland.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to Gator Air Field in Groveland around 4 p.m. after receiving a report of a plane crash.
The single occupant, single-engine experimental plane reportedly dropped from approximately 500 feet in the sky, officials said.
The pilot was conducting touch-and-go’s when the engine area of the plane began to smoke, said John Herrell, the Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
The still-unnamed pilot was flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
An investigation is being conducted by FAA.