Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Long Island Beach

It wasn’t exactly the runway he was hoping for, but a pilot still managed to land his small plane safely on a Long Island beach.

A Cessna plane (similar to the one pictured) made an emergency landing on Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai on Wednesday evening, May 1.
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view // Wikimedia Commons user MilborneOne*

Michael Mashburn

05/02/2024 1:40 p.m.

Emergency crews were called at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, after a single-engine Cessna plane made an emergency landing on Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai.

Suffolk County Police said the aircraft suffered a power failure mid-flight and the 60-year-old male pilot was forced to put it down on the sand.

The plane landed safely and neither the pilot nor his 59-year-old female passenger was injured.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating.

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