Sky Action News Jax footage shows a pilot laying on the wing of a small aircraft as he waited for crews to rescue him after crash landing in a remote marsh in Putnam County.
Twenty year old Abdulaziz Qoutrah was flying from Ormond Beach to Gainesville when he began to experience engine troubles.
His 1977 Cessna 152 crashed in a heavily wooded and marshy area near State Road 25 and Shiloh Road in Melrose.
Qoutrah suffered a head injury in the crash and was extricated from the plane.
An emergency helicopter was unable to reach him because of his remote location.
Crews on 4-wheelers brought him to the emergency helicopter on a stretcher and he was flown to UF Health Gainesville with serious injuries.
The Florida Highway Patrol crash report said Qoutrah lives in Daytona Beach. No one else was on the plane, according to officials.
FHP and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
On FOX30 at 10: Sky Action News Jax exclusive footage shows how crews rescued a young pilot who suffered a head injury after his plane crash landed in a marshy area in Putnam County.
Posted by Action News Jax on Monday, May 23, 2016
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