Plane’s bouncy crash-landing in Hauppauge caught on video
It will take more than a week for federal investigators to make preliminary findings about the small plane that crash landed in a Hauppauge industrial park on Saturday, an official said Tuesday.
“It typically takes five to eight business days,” Eric Weiss, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said.
Pilot Louis Obergh of Wantagh and his daughter, Rachel, 17, deployed the plane’s emergency parachute to land the single-engine Cirrus SF22 on the front lawn of the factory on Marcus Boulevard. Neither was injured.
A security camera captured images of the plane landing with a bounce as the parachute draped over a nearby building.
The young woman, a student at Wantagh High School, said her father was giving her some in-flight instruction when the engine suddenly failed shortly after 3 p.m.
They were flying home after touring the University of Rhode Island, which Rachel is considering attending.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 5: Top football teams in action and Nassau soccer playoff picks Gregg Sarra sounds off on Wantagh vs. Bethpage and Ward Melville vs Sachem North, plus Michaeil Sicoli has his Nassau soccer picks, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 5: Top football teams in action and Nassau soccer playoff picks Gregg Sarra sounds off on Wantagh vs. Bethpage and Ward Melville vs Sachem North, plus Michaeil Sicoli has his Nassau soccer picks, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
