Emergency personnel responded to a report of a plane off the runway Monday afternoon at the Habersham County Airport in Baldwin.
The single-engine airplane experienced brake failure while landing, according to county officials.
“This brake malfunction caused the plane to move off the runway and onto the side of the runway during landing,” says Habersham County Public Information Officer Carolyn Gibson.
There were three occupants on board the plane, according to Habersham County Emergency Services Director Chad Black. One of them sustained a “minor injury” but was not transported to the hospital. The two other occupants were uninjured.
There was no “major damage to the airport,” says Gibson, but the aircraft is still located to the side of the runway.
A similar incident occurred at the airport in Baldwin in 2016 when a Cessna 172 slid off the taxiway after landing. No one was injured in that incident.
