Pictured: A FedEx Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Empire Airlines
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Contact photographer Fred Seggie

What: FedEx Cessna 209 B en route from Syracuse to Plattsburg
Where: field off Elmer Hill Road, adjacent to the intersections of Elmerhill and Chmelewski roads, Oneida County, NY
When: Dec 03, 2009 7:45 a.m.
Who: pilot
Why: After his engine exploded in mid-air, the pilot–with 8,000 flight hours in this type plane–aimed to land at Griffiss International Airport. While losing altitude, he pulled the plane (with its smoking engine) up, missing several homes and then dropping to land in an open field beside the Lake Delta Volunteer Fire Department, not far from the airport.

A contractor, Wiggins Airways, out of Manchester, New Hampshire operated the plane.

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