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Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport
Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport An 83-year-old Union County pilot operating an experimental aircraft crash-landed off a runway at Morristown Municipal Airport due to an equipment malfunction Tuesday morning, authorities said. John Loofbourrow of Springfield was approaching Runway 23 in an experimental Taylor Coot aircraft with equipment indicators showing locked landing gear around 9 a.m., according to the Morristown Department of Public Safety. However, as Loofbourrow touched the plane to the runway, the right landing gear “either failed or had not been locked down,” the department said. ALSO SEE: Bergen County Pi…

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by Valerie Musson