3 Apr 2015

Plane crash on Tomahawk Beach

5:42 pm on 3 April 2015

A plane has crashed on a beach on the Dunedin coast.

Police in Dunedin said the Cessna crashed on Tomahawk Beach, which is near Tomahawk Lagoon in the Anderson's Bay area.

They said the plane's pilot tried to make a crash landing, which ended with the plane on its roof.

They said there were two people in the plane, both of whom suffered minor injuries in the crash.

The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate the crash.