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Florida Pilot Arrested After Plane Strikes a Shed

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52815 PilotMug?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1432809669123Brevard County Sheriff’s Office(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — A Florida man was arrested Wednesday after the plane he was piloting struck a shed, authorities said.

According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher John Hall, 57, was arrested and booked in jail Wednesday, charged with reckless operation of a vessel — operation of an aircraft while under the influence — as well as child abuse.

The plane struck a shed containing communications equipment at Melbourne International Airport, according to ABC News affiliate WFTV. The shed and the plane, a Cessna Skymaster 337, were not seriously damaged.

No one was injured in the incident.

According to air traffic control audio from the incident, tower crews were communicating with the pilot in preparation for takeoff.

“Hold your position,” the air traffic controller warned.

Hall is scheduled to appear before a judge Thursday.

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