Plane aborts takeoff, hits fence at North Perry Airport (KHWO), Hollywood, Florida.

By Wayne K. Roustan and Mike Stocker, Sun Sentinel

11:51 a.m. EDT, September 3, 2011

PEMBROKE PINES - A pilot and passenger walked away from an aborted takeoff on Saturday that sent an experimental plane through a fence at North Perry Airport, according to Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue.

A man in his 60s was at the controls when the single-engine airplane left the ground heading north but there was not enough lift so he tried to land it and ran out of runway, witnesses said.

The pilot was not hurt but a woman passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, fire rescue officials said.

The aircraft sustained minor damage but the chain link fence along Pines Blvd. was ripped off its posts.

Traffic flow was impacted as passing motorists slowed to watch the commotion.

North Perry Airport is a private airfield stretching 536 acres from University Drive to Northwest 72nd Avenue that houses about 300 aircraft, aviation training schools, helipads and control towers.

It has been the scene of many aircraft accidents over the years prompting some nervous neighbors to call for its closure even though it pre-dates the homes that have sprung up around it.

The U.S. Navy used the small airport - then called North Perry Field - in 1943 which was 17 years before Pembroke Pines was founded.

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