WOODBINE-- The pilot of a Pitts aerobatic aircraft was airlifted after he crashed the bi-plane he was flying approximately one quarter mile from the Woodbine airport on Thursday, June 25, around 6:20 p.m.

The mangled wreckage was found off Frederickstadt Ave. The Woodbine Fire Department had to extricate the pilot using the Jaws-of-Life.

Sgt. Julian Castellanos, a state police spokesman, said the pilot, identified as Neville J. Hogan, 60, of Sudbury, Mass., was conscious when emergency crews arrived.

Belleplain Emergency Corps and Atlanticare paramedics treated Hogan on scene before he was transported to the Woodbine airport to be airlifted. South Star medevac airlifted the pilot to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center’s trauma unit in Atlantic City.

The flight crew reported the Hogan to be a 60 year-old male in stable condition with a possible head injury.

Castellanos said Hogan was flying from Massachusetts to Cape May. No one else was aboard the plane. No one on the ground was injured.

The accident is under investigation by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics and troopers at the Woodbine station.

Contact Scheeler at 609-404-6515 or hscheeler@cmcherald.com

Get alerts such as this AS IT HAPPENS straight to your mobile phone by signing up for Herald Mobile Alerts. Be in the know NOW. CLICK HERE