SHELTER ISLAND, NY — A small plane crashed on Shelter Island Thursday afternoon, police said.
Shelter Island Police confirmed the crash, which took place on the Klenawicus airstrip at 12:11 p.m.
According to police, pilot Michael Eli Noam, 78, of New Milford, CT, and passenger Nadine Strossen, 74 of New Milford, CT, crashed near the Klenawicus airstrip on Shelter Island. Police said they found a 1974 Cessna 182P Skylane, operated by Noam, located in a grassy lot across Burns Road and north of the airstrip.
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The fixed-wing single engine aircraft left from Danbury, Connecticut, and was landing on Shelter Island, police said.
During the landing, the pilot made what is referred to as, “a poor aeronautical decision,” and miscalculated the strip length and wind conditions, police said. The aircraft made contact with the paved portion of Burns Road when the pilot was unable to bring the aircraft to a stop on the airstrip, police said.
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The plane’s front wheel was torn loose from the aircraft as it proceeded over the roadway and crashed nose-first into a grass lot, police said.
Neither the pilot nor the passenger were hurt, police said.
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified, and released the scene for the aircraft to be removed; the FAA will make the final determination as to the cause and events surrounding the incident, but the crash appears to be non-criminal and accidental, police said.
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