No one was injured in a plane crash in Limington, Maine, on Thursday afternoon.
State police said the plane crash was reported at 12:30 p.m. in the area of the Limington-Harmont Airport. The crash site was located next to a clearing in the woods near the intersection of North Road and Sutton Hill Road. The first state police trooper to arrive at the scene saw the bright yellow plane nose-down into the ground in the woods.
The pilot, identified as 62-year-old Bradley Marston, of Windham, was walking around at the scene. He told police he had just taking off from the airport when he had engine failure and hte plane crashed less than a mile west of the airport.
Medical personnel evaluated the pilot, and he was eventually transported to an area hospital for minor injuries.
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The crash scene was secured by state police and the Maine Forest Service until the Federal Aviation Administration arrived.
No further details were immediately released.
Limington, a town of about 4,000 residents, is located in York County in southern Maine, about 30 miles west of Portland.
