- November 7, 2024
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(Photo courtesy of the Flagler County Sheriff's Office)
Flagler County Fire Rescue firefighters responded to the crashed 1969 Beechcraft Bonanza 36. (Photo courtesy of the Flagler County Sheriff's Office)
Two men — Palm Coast residents Joel Fallon and Josh Rosa — were injured when the small plane they were flying crashed on the western outskirts of Plantation Bay the afternoon of Nov. 9.
Flagler County Fire Rescue personnel pulled Fallon and Rosa from the wrecked plane with serious injuries, and Flagler County emergency helicopter FireFlight and Volusia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter AirOne airlifted the men to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Fallon is owner of Granny NANNIES Senior Home Care, and Rosa is owner of Flagler Air Exchange. The two ad taken off from the Flagler County Airport and were heading to Deland when the plane went down.
“One patient has multiple broken bones and we have not been able to assess the injuries of the second patient,” Flagler County Fire Rescue Chief Don Petito said in a county government news release.
Todd Whaley, FireFlight’s pilot, spotted the crashed 1969 Beechcraft Bonanza 36 soon after the plane’s pilot called the Sheriff’s Office at about 1:30 p.m. Dispatchers used the GPS on his phone to guide first-responders to the scene of the crash.
Another call came in from a woman who was playing golf at Plantation Bay when she saw the plane go down at 1:28 p.m.
Members of the Korona Volunteer Fire Department were also called out the the scene of the crash, and Engine 92, Rescue 92 and Rescue 16 arrived at the scene to access a power line roadway in the area of West Lake Drive and Stone Lake Drive, according to the Sheriff’s Office news release.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
