Tuesday, April 14, 2015

ANOTHER OLD ICAROS’ WINGS CUT: PILOT CRITICALLY INJURED IN A CESSNA 162 SMALL PLANE CRASH ON LONG ISLAND WHEN HE COULD NOT GET IT UP








April 13, 2015

Police say a pilot was injured when he crashed his single-engine plane while trying to take off from an airfield on the eastern end of Long Island.

It happened just before 6:30 p.m. Monday at Klenawicus Airfield on Shelter Island.

Det. Sgt. Jack Thilberg said witnesses reported seeing the Cessna 162 Skycatcher go about 30 feet in the air before it veered right and crashed. He identified the pilot as 80-year-old Michael Russo of Shelter Island.

Russo was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical but stable condition.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating. 

Date:
13-APR-2016
Time:
18:00
Type:
Owner/operator:
SMC Aviation Inc
Registration:
N30283
C/n / msn:
16200094
Fatalities:
Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Substantial
Location:
Klenawicus Airfield, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
Take off
Nature:
Unknown
Departure airport:
Klenawicus Airfield
Destination airport:

Narrative:

The aircraft impacted level timber and brush terrain shortly after takeoff from the Klenawicus Airfield on Shelter Island in Long Island, New York. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received serious injuries.

Sources: 
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175382