A small plane made a hard landing at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
- Small plane makes hard landing in Melbourne
- Pilot taken to hospital but expected to be OK
Airport officials said the single-engine private plane was badly damaged after the hard landing, skidding off the runway just after 3 p.m.
It's unclear what caused it to go down. The pilot was the only person aboard and was OK. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The plane remained on the side of the runway a couple of hours later, moved so airport operations could resume. Airport officials said the decision was made to leave the plane where it is until the Federal Aviation Administration could get there in the morning to investigate.