Incident # 24-00034 - An adult female was critically injured after her single engine plane crashed into a pond on private property in the 5000 block of Wiggins Road Tuesday morning 02-January at 11:34. The site was well off of the roadway and not visible from Wiggins Road. The Piper aircraft had just taken off from Beaufort when it apparently suffered mechanical problems. The plane had turned back towards Beaufort. The property owner on Wiggins Road was in his yard when he heard the plane strike several trees and watched as it nose dived into a small pond in his yard. He advised the engine was not running when the plane struck the tree. He ran to aid the injured woman, who was the sole occupant of the plane. She was unconscious and suffered multiple injuries. The plane was on the edge of the pond and one wing was ripped off of the fuselage, spilling a large amount of fuel into the water and around the scene. The location is in a remote rural area approximately five miles south of ACE Basin Parkway (US Hwy 17) and 12 miles south of the Green Pond Community. Firefighter-
