AURORA, Ore. -- A small plane practicing "touch and go" takeoffs and landings crashed into the roof of a house near the Aurora Airport south of Portland Friday afternoon. The 70-year-old pilot climbed out and was taken to the hospital, where he was in serious condition, but a woman home at the time was not seriously injured.

It happened at a manufactured home at 14071 NE Cessna Street just after noon, according to dispatchers. There was no immediate word of injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration said they sent investigators to the scene, south of Portland and Wilsonville.

A Marion County sheriff's spokesman said the pilot, George Bahrman, reportedly of Santa Paula, Calif., north of Los Angeles, was practicing "touch and go" takeoffs and landings at the nearby airport when it veered off-course into the manufactured home a quarter-mile west of the field, crashing around 12:25 p.m.

Bahrman climbed out of the plane and was on the ground when authorities arrived. He explained what happened to FAA officials, but the cause of the crash was under investigation. Bahrman was taken OHSU in Portland for what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, but was listed in serious condition.

A woman home alone at the time of the crash was unhurt. The spokesman said a small fire on impact went out on its own, and damaged to the home was moderate.

Homeowner Sally Jones said she came outside just before the crash and eventually turned around to find the conscious, but dazed pilot sitting on top of her garage. She was not injured.

"I had just checked on my little dog, she was OK, sleeping on the couch on the side of the house," Jones said, "I went out my door and closed it and then I was on the ground ... bang!"

"It blew me off the porch and on the ground," she said.

The 1956 Aeronca Champion 7-AE model plane was registered to David Waggoner, Howard Howard and Fine Aircraft, LLC out of Aurora.

Jones said after she stood up she could smell the leaking fuel and saw the smoke. She said she screamed for the pilot and called 9-1-1.

She later located Bahrman on the garage roof as neighbors rushed over with a ladder to get him down.

KGW.com staff compiled this report