The aircraft sustained “substantial damage”.
A teenage girl has been arrested in the USA on suspicion of stealing an aircraft, after she broke into Fresno Yosemite International Airport, officials say.
The unnamed 17-year-old breached the airport perimeter fence in California at around 7.30am local time on 18 December, according to local police.
She climbed into a King Air 200 small propeller plane and started driving it around in a circle, before crashing it into a fence.
While the jet never became airborne, “substantial damage” was sustained by the aircraft after the young woman crashed it into a fence, Vikkie Calderon, the airport’s public relations officer, told USA Today.
She seemed ''disoriented and was uncooperative'', according to Ms Calderon.
The girl was arrested and taken to Fresno County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of theft of an aircraft.
''No passengers or commercial airlines were ever at risk in this incident,'' Ms Calderon said.
''The motive is still under investigation but there is no indication of any ties to domestic terrorism''.
