According to reports, a small plane crashed in a wooded area near the Cherry Ridge Airport near Honesdale around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The Wayne County Coroner has confirmed the crash killed Joseph P. Kinney, 52, of Dingmans Ferry.
State police, federal aviation officials, and fire crews were all on the scene after the crash. They told Newswatch 16 that Kinney was piloting a small plane when he crashed into a wooded area not far from the Cherry Ridge Airport near Honesdale.
There is still no word on what caused that crash in Wayne County, but state police along with other officials plan to return to the scene Friday to continue the investigation.
The Wayne County Coroner also confirms that there will be an autopsy.
While Newswatch 16 did speak with some people at the Cherry Ridge Airport today, they did not want to appear on camera. However, they did say that what happened today is "a nightmare."
Here is some personal information of the dead pilot:
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JOSEPH PAUL KINNEY
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Medical Class: Third Medical Date: 6/2014
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HONESDALE, Pa. (AP) — The county coroner has identified the pilot killed when his small plane crashed near a northeastern Pennsylvania airport.
The Wayne County coroner says the pilot is 52-year-old Joseph Kinney, of Dingman's Ferry.
The Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says Kinney's Morrissey 2150A aircraft crashed just before 6 p.m. Thursday, about a half-mile from Cherry Ridge Airport near Honesdale.
Honesdale is about 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
An autopsy was expected Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the cause of the crash.
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| Date: | 06-JUL-2017 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: | Morrisey 2250A |
| Owner/operator: | Registration Pending |
| Registration: | N917JL |
| C/n / msn: | SP-26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Cherry Ridge Airport (N30), Honesdale, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cherry Ridge (N30) |
The aircraft impacted wooded terrain shortly after takeoff from Cherry Ridge Airport (N30) in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.
Sources:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/small-plane-crash-in-pennsylvania-described-as-fatal/article_a3de8643-43af-515e-866b-09dbb70b7ccf.html
http://wnep.com/2017/07/06/breaking-deadly-plane-crash-at-airport-in-wayne-county/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cherry+Ridge+Airport-N30,+30+Bomber+Ln,+Honesdale,+PA+18431/@41.5155954,-75.2508227,17z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c4b6abc58fbcb1:0xb4149ab82270110?hl=en-us
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=917JL
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001008753.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varga_2150_Kachina