What: Wittman W-10 Tailwind (Built by John R. Wing) practicing touch and go
Where: Fulton, 1 mile SW of Oswego County Apt.- KFZY, NY
When: Dec 1, 2011, 2:30 pm
Who: pilot
Why: After practicing touch and go the pilot crashed in a wooded area called Old Incinerator Hill, off Whitaker Road, near the line between Fulton and Volney, a mile sW of Oswego County Airport.

Witnesses heard the engine sputtering before it went down in a heavily wooded area. Part of the wreckage was found fifteen feet up, in a tree.

flight registration #N865JT

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