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The two passengers killed when their small plane crashed in a farm field on the north end of Harbes Farm in Mattituck Saturday morning are Robert Mark, 66, the pilot, and Susan Quagliano, 57, both of Oakdale, Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley said Sunday. (more…)
A July 2014 fatal plane crash in Mattituck occurred when the pilot failed to properly calculate the airplane’s center of gravity limits, according to a probable cause report released last month by the National Transportation Safety Board. READ
The front of the plane’s fuselage was falling off as the plane was returned to land last Monday. (Credit: Paul Squire)
An initial federal investigation has revealed the home-built plane that crashed in Long Island Sound last week went down last Sunday night, roughly 14 hours before it was first discovered floating off Mattituck.
The cause of the fatal crash that killed 41-year-old pilot Zubair Khan has not yet been determined, investigators said. (more…)
Zubair Khan in 2006 with his brother-in-law Umar Niazi. Mr. Khan was killed Monday when his experimental plane crashed into the Long Island Sound near Mattituck. (Credit: Courtesy of Umar Niazi)
When Zubair Khan first set out in February 2012 to convert a twin-engine CoZy aircraft into one with a larger single engine, he was met with skepticism from like-minded individuals on an online aviation message board. (more…)