Saturday, September 17, 2011

VIDEO: Piper J3C Runs Out of Fuel, Lands in Ditch. Dunkirk, New York.



DUNKIRK, NY - Here in Western New York, there was a small plane crash in the Dunkirk area Saturday morning.

It happened near the Thruway Driving Range. Chautauqua County Sheriff's say the pilot of a small Piper plane, 49-year-old Edmund Coughlin freed himself from the wreck and wasn't hurt.

He was apparently flying from Syracuse to the Mayville airport when he ran out of gas.

He tried to land at the driving range but fell short landing in the ditch.

http://www.wgrz.com