A small plane overturned on its roof while landing at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Friday, April 18, per the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) news release.
The Piper PA-22 plane flipped over after landing at the Allentown, Penn., airport on Friday morning. According to FlightTrackerthe plane had departed from Lehigh Valley International Airport at 10:29 a.m., before it landed at 10:36 a.m. local time.
Only the pilot was on board. EMS evaluated him on the scene, and he did not sustain any injuries.
The airport’s aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel, mutual aid partners, responded to the scene alongside EMS, per Lehigh Valley Live.
The aircraft was then removed from the runway by a crane. The crews removing the plane blocked one of the airport’s two runways. It was removed before 1 p.m., per CBS News.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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A representative for Lehigh Valley International Airport did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Friday.
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