On Sunday November 22, 2015 at approximately 1:52 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to a plane crash at Tipton Airport located at 7515 General Aviation Dr #1, Fort Meade, MD 20755, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a 1965 Mooney aircraft attempted to take off from Tipton Airport with a flight plan to Florida. Once airborne the aircraft lost power due to unknown mechanical reasons. The pilot Paul Antoinette, 48 years old of Baltimore, MD attempted to return and land at Tipton Airport. Antoinette was unable to make it back to the improved runway and the plane landed in a grassy area off the runway. There were no injuries.