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Cessna 172
McLean, VA
News
Midair Collision On Landing Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured At Municipal Airport In Colorado
A landing gone wrong ended in tragedy when two small planes collided over a Colorado runway approach, killing one person and injuring three others, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 struck each other while both aircraft were attempting to land at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport around 10:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, Aug. 31. Two people were aboard each plane. Officials said the Cessna, reportedly on final approach, was hit by the second aircraft, then crashed and caught fire. Two people from the Cessna s…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
17-Year-Old Pilot, Maisie Bitler, Caused Fatal PA Plane Crash: NTSB
Pilot error was determined to be the likely cause of the Fourth-of-July plane crash in Pennsylvania that tragically claimed the life of 17-year-old Maisie Bitler, according to a final report released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday, August 29, 2025. Bitler, a student pilot from Williamsport, was at the controls of a single-engine Cessna 172 launched from Williamsport Regional Airport around 9:51 a.m. on July 4, 2024. She was attempting a solo landing at William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven when the incident occurred. Flight data shows Bitler entered the traf…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Teen Was Piloting Second Solo Flight When She Fatally Crashed In PA: NTSB
A 17-year-old girl who died piloting a Cessna on Independence Day was only on her second-ever solo flight, authorities say. Maisie Bitler had taken off from Williamsport Regional Airport in a Cessna 172 owned by Quarter to Two Flying Club, Inc., Engines on Thursday morning, according to fight logs and later identified by the Clinton County Coroner's Office. Maisie was an experienced pilot and a C/1 Lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol, officials with the Piper Composite Squadron explained in a release on July 5. As she was heading towards William T. Piper Airport, she …
North Salem, NY
Obituaries
South Salem's Werner Strobel, 88, Loved Landscaping, Golf, And Flying His Cesna
Werner Alois Strobel, 88 years old of South Salem, passed away on Wednesday June 14, 2023 in the loving presence of his wife and daughter. A celebration of life will be held at North Salem Golf Club on July 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone who would like to tell a story about Werner is more than welcome to attend. Werner was born in Mannheim, Germany on November 30, 1934 to Joseph and Erna Strobel. He attended carpentry school where he was awarded accomplished master carpentry degrees. He moved to the United States when he was 21 years old and started his own prospero…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
Details Revealed In Plane Crash That Killed NYC Exec, NJ Pilot
New details have been revealed in November’s double-fatal plane crash involving a NYC executive and a well-known New Jersey pilot, NJ.com reports. Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York, NY, and Thomas P. Fisher, 54, of the Jefferson portion of Lake Hopatcong, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah in Hampton on Nov. 11, DailyVoice.com reported. de Vries and Fischer departed from Caldwell’s Essex County Airport, flying for just under 20 minutes and reaching a 6,400-feet altitude until the flight data was lost during a “steep de…
New City, NY
News
Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash
A major New York tech company founder who blasted into space with actor William Shatner last month was aboard a small plane that crashed in New Jersey, killing him and a local flight instructor, authorities confirmed Friday, Nov 12. Glen M. De Vries, age 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, age 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah around 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, according to New Jersey State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota and the FAA. The plane had been reported missing nearly an …
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Fighter Jets Intercept Planes In North Jersey No-Fly Zones During Trump's Visit
Fighter jets twice intercepted private planes that flew into no-fly zones in North Jersey during President Donald Trump's visit to the Trump National Golf Course over the weekend, according to federal officials. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAND) dispatched an AF-15 fighter jet to intercept a Cessna 172 that entered the restricted space set up in Morris County around 11 a.m. Saturday, NORAD spokesperson Cameron Hillier said. Then, around 10:15 Sunday morning, another private plane flew into the restricted space near Bedminster, according to a Federal Aviation Administrat…
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
Pair OK After Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing In North Jersey Field
Two people aboard a small plane survived an emergency landing late Sunday afternoon in northwest New Jersey, State Police confirmed. A distress call was transmitted from the craft over Lake Hopatcong in Sussex County just after 4 p.m., responders said. The Cessna 172 then landed hard in Lafayette Township, eight or so miles from Sussex County Airport and about 25 miles south of the New York State border, NJSP Lawrence Peele confirmed. The craft sustained minor damage, he said.
