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Shelter Island police said the 78-year-old pilot involved in a small plane crash Thursday on Klenawicus Airfield made “a poor aeronautical decision,” leading up to the wreck.
Michael Eli Noam of New Milford, Connecticut miscalculated the airstrip length and wind conditions during the landing at 12:11 p.m., cops said.
Noam’s 1974 Cessna 182P Skylane made contact with the paved portion of Burns Road after he was unable to bring the aircraft to a stop on the airstrip, police said. The plane’s front wheel was torn loose from the plane as it proceeded over the roadway and crashed nose-first into a grassy field.
Noam and his one passenger, Nadine Strossen, 74, also of New Milford, were not injured in the wreck.
Police said the fixed-wing single engine aircraft had taken off from Danbury, Connecticut. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was notified about the accident and will make the final determination as to the cause and events surrounding
the accident. The crash “appears to be non-criminal and accidental,” police said in their statement.
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