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Pilot Walks Away From Wreckage Of Plane
Small Plane Crashes Near North Central Airport
Lincoln, RI - A pilot walked away from the wreckage of his single-engine plane in Lincoln Friday morning.
The Piper Tomahawk crashed upside down in some woods near North Central Airport about 10:30 a.m.
Laganas reported the pilot was returning to the airport and may have experienced a mechanical problem during his approach for landing and overshot the runway. The pilot was identified as Joseph Clemente, 38, of North Providence.
Officials found Clemente on Albion Road and initially thought he was a witness.
"I asked him if he heard of a plane being down around here and he says, 'That's me.' I immediately called in and stated that we had the pilot. He looked pretty good to us," Chief Frank Sylvester, of the Lime Rock Fire Department, said. "He was very lucky from what we understand (of) the condition of the plane."
Sylvester said Clemente seemed shaken but otherwise uninjured. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot was the only person on the plane.
The two-seat plane is owned by the Lincoln Flight Center in East Greenwich, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. That type of plane is usually used for flight instruction, Peters said.
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Very lucky pilot to be able to walk away from that. I've done touch-and-go's out of SFZ before myself.
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Pilot Walks Away From Wreckage Of Plane
Small Plane Crashes Near North Central Airport
Lincoln, RI - A pilot walked away from the wreckage of his single-engine plane in Lincoln Friday morning.
The Piper Tomahawk crashed upside down in some woods near North Central Airport about 10:30 a.m.
Laganas reported the pilot was returning to the airport and may have experienced a mechanical problem during his approach for landing and overshot the runway. The pilot was identified as Joseph Clemente, 38, of North Providence.
Officials found Clemente on Albion Road and initially thought he was a witness.
"I asked him if he heard of a plane being down around here and he says, 'That's me.' I immediately called in and stated that we had the pilot. He looked pretty good to us," Chief Frank Sylvester, of the Lime Rock Fire Department, said. "He was very lucky from what we understand (of) the condition of the plane."
Sylvester said Clemente seemed shaken but otherwise uninjured. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot was the only person on the plane.
The two-seat plane is owned by the Lincoln Flight Center in East Greenwich, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. That type of plane is usually used for flight instruction, Peters said.
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Very lucky pilot to be able to walk away from that. I've done touch-and-go's out of SFZ before myself.
P.S. - 200 posts!
