Overview
- The aircraft, reported as a Cessna 172, veered into the grass after landing at Naples Municipal Airport around 3 a.m.
- Flight-tracking data show the flight left Fort Lauderdale Executive near 1 a.m., circled over the Fort Myers area, and touched down in Naples at about 2:42 a.m.
- Initial reports described the plane as abandoned, but police later identified the pilot as 24-year-old Brianna Brown, who returned around midday and is cooperating.
- The FAA is leading the safety investigation, and Naples Police have filed an incident report as officials review circumstances of the overnight arrival.
- The tower was closed during the voluntary 10 p.m.–7 a.m. curfew, and airport officials say a security guard allowed two people through a locked gate overnight before the plane was secured in a hangar.