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.
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Date:
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13-APR-2016
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Time:
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18:00
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Type:
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Owner/operator:
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SMC Aviation Inc
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Registration:
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N30283
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C/n / msn:
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16200094
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Fatalities:
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Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
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Other fatalities:
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0
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Airplane damage:
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Substantial
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Location:
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Klenawicus Airfield, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY -
United
States of America |
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Phase:
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Take off
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Nature:
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Unknown
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Departure airport:
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Klenawicus Airfield
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Destination airport:
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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://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/1-injured-as-small-plane-crashes-at-shelter-island-airfield-1.10257733?firstfree=yes http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2015/04/13/plane-crash-at-klenawicus-pilot-medivacked-for-treatment/ http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30283
https://www.facebook.com/klenawicus/info?tab=overview http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2014/08/15/new-sign-remembers-klenawicus-field-history/
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=175382