Mattituck | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Amateur-Built Raven Crashes Long Island Sound, Pilot Killed https://airflightdisaster.com/amateur-builtcrash-raven-crashes-long-island-sound-pilot-killed/ Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:17:58 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=28342 The pilot of an amateur-built fixed-wing Raven powered by a Lycoming engine was killed when he crashed into Long Island Sound eight miles north of Mattituck Inlet, on July 7, 2014. The pilot was alone aboard the plane. Divers recovered his body from the Sound and is in the custody of the Suffolk County Medical...

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]]> The pilot of an amateur-built fixed-wing Raven powered by a Lycoming engine was killed when he crashed into Long Island Sound eight miles north of Mattituck Inlet, on July 7, 2014. The pilot was alone aboard the plane. Divers recovered his body from the Sound and is in the custody of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

The submerged plane was still floating around noon, and a tow boat has been scheduled to tow it to Mattituck. Emergency responders included Coast Guard Station New Haven, rescue personnel, Suffolk County police marine unit and Southold EMTs, Jamesport Fire Department and Riverhead police.

A seaplane pilot witnessed and reported the plane going down about 9:30 a.m. Initially his Cessna was incorrectly reported as being the one that went down.

An investigation is underway.

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