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Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash Tuesday of a single-engine airplane that went down in a pineapple field a mile south of Wheeler Army Airfield with two men on board.
The plane was originally reported to be a helicopter, but the FAA Wednesday morning released updated information correcting the type of aircraft.
The Federal Fire Department and Honolulu Police Department responded to a distress call at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday by the Wheeler Army Airfield control tower, according to a Navy statement.
The civilian pilot and passenger got out of the aircraft on their own, said Agnes Tauyan, Navy spokeswoman.
The Federal Fire Department provided medical treatment at the scene and transported the two men to a hospital for further evaluation and medical treatment.
Allen Kenitzer, FAA spokesman, said the aircraft was an American Champion single-engine fixed-wing plane whose pilot reported engine trouble and landed a mile from Wheeler Airfield.
A NTSB spokesman in Washington, D.C., said the agency is still collecting information on the crash,
although it was not considered a major incident.
The aircraft is registered to a civil engineering business, according to FAA records.