--- description: The 72-year-old actor was reportedly piloting the single-engine aircraft at the time of the crash title: Reports: Harrison Ford Injured in California Plane Crash image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd17ada56945450a1/69878277cd1bba2a6d6f5900/harrison-ford1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Harrison Ford Injured in California Plane Crash by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:55 PM CUTPublished: Mar 6, 2015 12:03 AM CUT  An airplane sits after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5, 2015. An airplane sits after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5, 2015.Lucy Nicholson—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:55 PM CUTPublished: Mar 6, 2015 12:03 AM CUT Actor Harrison Ford [sustained](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash-n318301 "undefined") serious injuries Thursday after a vintage plane he was piloting crash-landed on a golf course in California. Ford, 72, suffered cuts to his head after the single-engine aircraft hit the ground and was transported to a nearby hospital, NBC News reports. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott [told](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/05/small-plane-crashes-onto-venice-golf-course/ "undefined") CBS Los Angeles that the small plane crashed at 2:24 p.m., local time. “There was blood all over his face … Two very fine doctors were treating him, taking good care of him,” said Howard Tabe, an employee at the Penmar Golf Course, located near the Santa Monica airport. “I helped put a blanket under his hip.” Patrick Jones, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said at a televised news conference Thursday evening that the pilot had reported a loss of engine power and attempted to return to the runway. “It appears that he clipped the top of a tree and came to a rest on the golf course,” he added. One eyewitness, Carlos Gomez, told CNN he heard the crash and saw the rescue as people playing golf tried to pull a man out of the plane. “I was like ‘Good, he was alive,” he said. A fire department official said the pilot left the scene “alert and conscious” after suffering “moderate trauma.” A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department [told](http://www.people.com/article/harrison-ford-plane-crash-stable-condition "undefined") _People_ that Ford, a longtime pilot, was in stable condition. Ford’s son, chef Ben Ford, wrote on Twitter that his father was “Battered, but ok!” > [](https://twitter.com/ChefBenFord/status/573649772583591937) The Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB are coordinating an investigation. “This pilot is an experienced pilot,” Jones told reporters, “and the airplane is obviously a vintage airplane, its a simpler airplane, so it’s got its own idiosyncrasies, whatever they are.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3734703/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3734703/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash/"},"headline":"Harrison Ford Injured in California Plane Crash","datePublished":"2015-03-06T00:03:34.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T15:55:12.000Z","description":"The 72-year-old actor was reportedly piloting the single-engine aircraft at the time of the crash","url":"https://time.com/3734703/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd17ada56945450a1/69878277cd1bba2a6d6f5900/harrison-ford1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd17ada56945450a1/69878277cd1bba2a6d6f5900/harrison-ford1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An airplane sits after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5, 2015.","caption":"An airplane sits after crash landing at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California on March 5, 2015.","creditText":"Lucy Nicholson—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3734703/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash/","name":"Harrison Ford Injured in California Plane Crash"}}]}] ```