Posted March 5 2015 — 7:04 PM EST

Harrison Ford is critically injured after crashing his single-engine aircraft in Venice, Calif., on Thursday afternoon, according to reports in TMZ and Variety.

The plane reportedly crash landed on the Penmar Golf Course shortly after taking off from Santa Monica airport. Ford suffered multiple gashes to the head and was treated by doctors who happened to be on the scene.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital.

The actor is a longtime aviator. And according to local residents, Ford’s distinctive chrome and yellow two-seater aircraft could be regularly seen flying in the skies above Santa Monica.