What: Beechcraft A36TC Bonanza 36 en route from Albany Int’l Airport
Where: Clifton Park, NY
When: August 15, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 1 fatality, 1 injury
Why: After taking off, the plane stalled 12 miles north of Albany. The plane crashed in a suburb. passenger Walter F. Uccellini and his business partner, Jim Quinn were aboard. Uccellini died in the crash; Quinn suffered head trauma and was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center.

The plane landed stopped between trees and did not strike any buildings. Quinn may have been attempting to land on the road. Before the land became a subdivision, it was an emergency landing field.

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