Actor Harrison Ford was piloting a World War Two vintage plane that had been restored to a high standard when he crash landed at a Los Angeles golf course after reporting an engine failure, a federal investigator said on Friday.
Moments after Ford took off in his 1942 single-engine plane on Thursday from Santa Monica Airport, he attempted a return landing, clipped a tree and crash landed at nearby Penmar Golf Course, short of the intended runway, officials said.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Patrick Jones indicated, without mentioning Ford by name, that federal investigators have not yet spoken to the actor, an experienced aviator who was hospitalised following the crash.
"My understanding is that it was restored and actually was an award-winning restoral," Jones told reporters at the scene of the crash, adding investigators plan to soon disassemble the plane and transport it to another site for inspection.
Fire officials said Ford, known for the iconic characters of archaeological adventurer Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and its sequels and of Han Solo in the "Star Wars" franchise, was taken to a local hospital, where he was listed in fair to moderate condition.
"Engine failure; immediate return," Ford said in a tense voice on the recording, before obtaining clearance to land on a runway.
Spine surgeon Sanjay Khurana told ABC News in an interview that aired on Friday that he had been playing golf when the plane came down on the course, and that he came to Ford's aid.
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