The single-engine Piper PA 28 pilot reported smoke in the cabin before attempting to return to an airport on Long Island for an emergency landing, authorities said.
A small plane trying to return to a Long Island airport after the pilot reported smoke inside the cockpit crashed on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring two others on board, authorities said. in a Long Island suburb on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring two others aboard after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, officials said.
The Piper PA 28 pilot had issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and attempted to return to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, about 20 miles east ofThe single-engine plane crashed shortly before 3 p.m. in North Lindenhurst after having taken off from the same airport less than an hour earlier, police said.The plane crashed in a wooded area and erupted in flames.The single-engine Piper PA 28 crashed in North Lindenhurt, a suburb on Long Island, just before 3 p.m. Sunday.
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