Aircraft flies into hangar at Ardmore Airport crashes into helicopter

A small plane crashed into a hangar at Ardmore Airport.

A hangar and a helicopter have been struck by a small aircraft at Ardmore Airport in the southeast of Auckland.

A Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager said crews were sent to the aerodrome at around 1.10pm where a light aircraft had flown into a hangar.

"There is an unknown quantity of fuel leaking," the shift manager said.

A small aircraft tangled with a helicopter after crashing into a hangar at Ardmore Airport.

Footage obtained by 1News shows the small winged white plane crashed through the wall of a hangar and tangled with a black helicopter inside the structure.

Airport officials at the scene refused to comment.

Police said they were called just after 1.10pm to a light aircraft crash on the airfield.

"One person is reported to have minor injuries," police said.

However, Hato Hone St John said it responded one ambulance, one manager, and one helicopter. "One patient was assessed at this scene and was uninjured."

1News has sought additional information from Ardmore Airport.

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