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NTSB Releases Findings On Plane Crash That Killed Pilot From Long Island NTSB Releases Findings On Plane Crash That Killed Pilot From Long Island
NTSB Releases Findings On Plane Crash That Killed Pilot From Long Island A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the August plane crash in the area that killed two says the pilot experienced engine failure. The crash happened in Union Vale in Dutchess County just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 on South Smith Road in Union Vale, just south of Sky Acres Airport and east of the Taconic State Parkway. The two who died were the pilot of the Cessna 303, identified as Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, of Woodmere in Nassau County, and a man who was in the house at the time, Gerard Bocker, 61, state police said. In a five-page …
Long Island Man ID'd As Pilot Killed In Upstate Plane Crash Long Island Man ID'd As Pilot Killed In Upstate Plane Crash
Long Island Man ID'd As Pilot Killed In Upstate Plane Crash The identities of the two people killed and four injured when a small plane crashed into a two-story home near a public-access airport in the area have been released. The crash happened in Dutchess County just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 on South Smith Road in Union Vale, just south of Sky Acres Airport and east of the Taconic State Parkway. The two who died were the pilot of the Cessna 303, identified as Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, of Woodmere in Nassau County, and a man who was in the house at the time, Gerard Bocker, 61, who has been tentativel…