Plane Crash Lands on Long Island After Losing Canopy

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A Rutan Quickie Q200 crash landed at Brookhaven Airport in Shirley, NY, Thursday afternoon, but neither of the occupants were injured.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/flGRf8eCe-k
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[Big Tim #70]

I went out to get pics & the canopy was still attached. It was one of those that rotates up from the front, so how did they "Lose" it?

[Matt Molnar]

I dunno, maybe it just flew open? Or maybe LI Press was wrong. I'm hearing it might have not been a Quickie either, but a Piper.

Can you post some of the pics?

[Big Tim #70]

Here is the article I wrote for another News Publication.




Light Sport Aircraft Down At Calabro
Fire News, Long Island
By: Tim Asbell


The Mastic Fire Department was alerted to a report of an aircraft down on 5/17/2012. A single engine aircraft developed mechanical difficulty shortly after takeoff from Brookhaven's Calabro Airport in Mastic and attempted to return to the airport, crash landing short of the runway. The plane, a 2006 Sport Cruiser 600TT, owned by Sport Flying USA out of Ronkonkoma, NY was damaged as it came to rest 350 feet North of Calabro's runway. Fortunately, it's 2 occupants were able to walk away virtually unscathed. The FAA & Suffolk County Police are investigating.



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[Matt Molnar]

Nice shots. I've updated the article with the corrected plane type.