14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, September 01, 2014 in Greene, NY
Aircraft: LORENZ STEPHEN KITFOX SERIES 5, registration: N94SL
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On September 1, 2014, about 1200 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Lorenz Kitfox Series 5, N94SL, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in Greene, New York. The private pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local flight from Greene Airport (4N7), Greene, New York. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to several witnesses, the pilot had just bought the airplane, and it was his first flight in it. The pilot initially taxied and did control checks for about 30 minutes before taking off [from runway 25]. One witness noted that upon takeoff, the airplane "jerked" to the right, and the witness could hear changes in power settings. The airplane then "straightened out and smoothed out." It continued climbing until about 200 feet above the ground, and while "flying slow," the witness saw it bank "hard left, up on wingtip," then "continue to impact." Other witnesses stated that the airplane "tipped," and "stalled" prior to its descent.
The airplane was then mostly consumed in a postcrash fire.
Flight Standards District Office: FAA Albany FSDO-01
ROGER G. QUINN: http://registry.faa.gov/N94SL
CHENANGO COUNTY -- The Chenango County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a single engine plane crash that occurred on Monday around 12:15 pm.
Deputies say it happened about a quarter mile southeast of Greene Airport.
The pilot, 70 year old Roger Quinn of Windsor, NY was pulled from the wreckage by a witness and airlifted to a Johnson City hospital. He is currently listed in critical condition with numerous internal injuries.
"The witness, at great risk to himself due to the spreading fire, acted quickly and was able to pull the pilot from the wreckage," says Sheriff Ernest Cutting Jr.
http://www.cnycentral.com
A pilot suffered internal injuries after his single-engine plane crashed in Chenango County Monday afternoon, according to the Chenango County Sheriff's office.
The pilot is Roger Quinn, 70, of Windsor, NY.
The Chenango County Sheriff's Office 911 center took a call about 12:15 p.m. of a plane crash about one-quarter mile from the Greene Airport.
A witness pulled Quinn from the burning wreckage. He was flown by LifeNet to UHS Wilson Hospital in Johnson City, police said.
He was listed in critical condition with numerous internal injuries.
Greene, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a plane crashed at the Greene Airport Monday afternoon.
First responders arrived on scene just after 12:15 p.m. Monday.
According to the Chenango County Sheriff's Office the pilot was doing take-off and landing exercises when his plane went down in a cornfield near the Greene Airport.
He was transported through LifeNet to Wilson Hospital for his injuries.
"There was smoke and flames obviously when it first landed. So, the first initial responders saw the smoke and stuff and came in through the farm fields and found the plane. It's fortunate that the crews there at the Greene Airport witnessed the plane go down. They rushed out and thankfully it was very quickly and they got him out of the airplane," Chenango County Sheriff Ernest Cutting said.
The sheriff's office stayed at the scene until the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The investigation into how the plane went down is still under investigation.
-Source: http://www.wbng.com
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