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Pilot Survives Plane Crash at Calabro Airport in Shirley
May 03, 2020 | NEW YORK
CHRIS SABELLA, Senior Correspondent
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 Plane down
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 PILOT SURVIVES CRASH
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 PLANE CRASH
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 PLANE FLIPS AFTER CRASH
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Shirley, NY - The Mastic FD responded for a reported plane crash at Calabro Airport in Shirley on the afternoon of May 3rd. A resident said he heard the plane's engines cutting in and out when the pilot landed hard and flipped just off the runway. The pilot was believed to be uninjured. The plane was leaking fluids, which Mastic FD handled. The FAA was notified and requested to respond.