MONTICELLO – The 56-year-old
pilot of a single-engine Cirrus SR22 plane that crashed upon landing at
the Monticello Motor Club in the Town of Thompson on Tuesday told Sullivan
County authorities that the plane experienced landing gear trouble as
he was touching down resulting in the plane skidding off the runway.
The pilot and two passengers were uninjured when the plane made a hard
landing at 8:30 a.m.
The pilot told Sullivan County Sheriff’s deputies that he had departed
an airport in Norwood, Massachusetts at about 7:10 a.m. en route to the
motor club.
The plane was moved to a hangar on the property pending an inspection
by the FAA and an interview with the pilot.
Mobile Medic Ambulance assisted at the scene as the Monticello Fire Department,
motor club track safety units, sheriff’s office and State Police
investigated the incident,
