JULY 16, 2016
ESPERANCE, N.Y. -- Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in Schoharie County. That's according to the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office.
The Federal Aviation Administration said four people were on board that plane. Sheriff Tony Desmond said one person was airlifted to an area hospital with serious injuries. The three deceased were taken to Albany Medical Center for autopsies.
Authorities said the plane took off from Hogan Airport in Esperance around 7 last night, when it crashed about 1,000 feet from the airport. They are still working to determine what caused the plane to go down.
"It sounded like the engines lost power and that the plane started to decrease in the air," said Esperance Fire Chief Matthew Deffer. "And it went down into the trees and that's when we received the call."
The plane was destroyed by fire. Crews said it could take days to clear the debris from the wooded area.
Date:
| 16-JUL-2016 | |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: | Piper PA-28 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Hogan Airport (NY05), Esperance, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Hogan (NY05) |
| Connecticut |
The aircraft failed to gain adequacy lift to sustain flight during a takeoff attempt at Hogan Airport (NY05), Esperance, New York. The airplane impacted densely wooded terrain and was partially consumed by the post-'impact fire. Three of the four occupants onboard the aircraft received fatal injuries. One occupant onboard the airplane was seriously injured,
Sources:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nation/wire/faa-small-plane-with-people-on-board-has-crashed-in/article_47173127-ac47-5479-a599-ca71471f064d.html?mode=jqm
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2016/07/16/small-plane-crashes-in-montgomery-county-albany.html
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/df60300cbf55402d9a74d93498a68945/officials-3-killed-small-plane-crash-upstate-ny
http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Plane-Crash-387127281.html