Melrose, Putnam County, Florida

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, a plane made a hard landing in the western part of the county.  

The Sheriff's Office said it happened near Hotel Street in the Melrose area.

The hard landing was reported to 911 as a plane crash, but deputies determined that was not the case.

A neighbor reported seeing the plane go down nose-first with the tail up. Once deputies arrived on scene, they found the ultralight plane had not been damaged and the pilot unharmed. The pilot told Action News that he was landing the plane on his property, but declined to comment further.

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