The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating a plane crash at Tauranga Airport.
Emergency services were called to the airport at 2.45pm yesterday to reports of a plane that crashed as it tried to land, a Northern Fire Communications spokesman said.
The small plane crashed on Runway 25, on the west side of the airport's main runway.
Tauranga and Mount Maunganui firefighters were called to the scene but were stood down before they arrived, the spokesman said.
It is understood the sole occupant of the plane was not badly hurt, although an ambulance was called.