Officials: Aircraft crashes in Coweta County; pilot injured

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Emergency officials are on the scene of an ultralight aircraft which has crashed near an airfield in Coweta County.

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It happened a little after 3 p.m. The aircraft ended up in the tree line near the Rolling Meadows Airfield near Sharpsburg, Georgia.

The FAA said the aircraft was an Apollo Aircraft Monsoon, which is a light sport aircraft.

Authorities said the pilot, only identified as a 47-year-old man, was taken by air ambulance to Atlanta Medical Center.

The FAA will be investigating.