A small private plane crashed into a field near Sonoma Skypark on Friday morning, authorities said.
Sonoma County sheriff's deputies responding a report of the crash at about 11:45 a.m. found the two-person single-engine plane amid a field of berry bushes at the southeast corner of the airport, Sgt. Spencer Crum said.
No injuries were reported.
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The pilot was identified as Leon Scarbrough, 74 of Sonoma.
Scarbrough told authorities he was conducting "touch and go" training exercises when the plane went off course onto a grass field off the runway.
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When he tried throttling up to achieve lift he collided into the berry bushes.
He and his passenger, a 19-year-old Sonoma resident, walked away from the collision unharmed.
The plane suffered minor damage.