Fire officials: 17-year-old pilot walks away unharmed following Millbrook plane crash
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 27, 2020, 9:46pm EST
The LaGrange fire chief says the 17-year-old pilot of a plane that crashed at a Dutchess County airport on Sunday afternoon walked away unharmed.
She was the only person onboard when authorities say the single-engine Cessna 172 began experiencing engine failure before crashing in the woods.
The aircraft flipped over near Gidley Road just short of Runway 17 at Sky Acres Airport.
Witnesses said they could tell something just was not right. I saw a plane going down beyond the tree line behind my backyard, and then it appear, I saw it trying to ascend again in the distance and then it disappeared, but did not hear anything said Richard Michos.