Update 11.30am: Air Crash investigators are heading to the scene of a light aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport this morning.

Emergency Services were called to the airport about 11am this morning after a Cessna crashed on one of the runways.

A Northern Fire Communication spokesperson told SunLive a Cessna crash-landed at the airport but there were no injuries and the incident was still under investigation.

He was unable to give any other information at that time.

A reporter at the scene says the plane was at the Mount end of the run way and had damage to the nose of the plane.

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A police spokesperson says the plane had gone off the end of the runway and into a small creek and there was one person on board and the had gotten out of the plane and appeared to be fine.

A Tauranga City Council spokesperson says the aircraft is privately owned with only the pilot on-board and it crashed landed at the end of the airport runway. The pilot has walked away from the plane with no injuries.

The spokesperson says there was a minor disruption of 15 minutes to Air New Zealand services. All services are now back to normal.

Earlier 11.26am: A light aircraft understood to be a single engine Cessna has crashed at the Tauranga Airport.

A spokes person for the New Zealand Fire Service confirmed a Cessna has crashed at the airport and no one was injured.

Earlier 11am: Information is coming to hand of a light aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport.

Emergency services are heading to the airport after a report of an aircraft crashing at the airport.

SunLive will bring you more information as it comes to hand.

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