PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man was taken to the hospital following an Ultralight aircraft crash Monday morning.
Andy Redmond, 69, was rescued by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and The Coast Guard after the report of a crash in St. Andrew Bay at around 7:12 a.m., police reported.
BCSO said Redmond is an experienced pilot and just received the aircraft on Sunday. Redmond was taken to a local hospital with injuries, BCSO said. His condition was not released.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration is conducting the investigation into the crash.