MARATHON, Fla. – A small plane crashed off the coast of Marathon Tuesday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash was reported to authorities just before 2:30 p.m., MCSO dispatch data shows.
Officials said a good Samaritan called in to report a single-engine fixed wing Cessna that went down roughly four miles off of Marathon in Florida Bay.
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The pilot, a man, was taken to the U.S. Coast Guard station in Marathon by Coast Guard rescuers and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, where deputies say he was “alive and well.”
He refused transport to a local hospital.
Authorities haven’t yet said what may have caused the plane to go down.
It’s also not clear if or how the plane will be salvaged.