While attempting to take off, troopers said, the plane caught fire. The pilot, Gerald Cotter, 80, of Milford, New Jersey, was found dead at the scene. Cotter was the only person on board the plane.

A Glasair Super II FT plane crashed during takeoff in Ulster County, sparking a brush fire and killing the pilot, New York State Police announced on Saturday, Sept. 27. Troopers from SP Highland ...

State Police said the pilot, Gerald Cotter, 80, of Milford, N.J., was the only person on board Saturday when the single-engine airplane went down.

A few days earlier, a Cessna 750 Citation X airplane had "suffered a nose gear collapse following a rejected takeoff from runway 27 at San Diego International Airport," reported the Aviation Safety ...

One person died in a small plane crash in Ulster County on Saturday, New York State Police say. It happened just before 2:30 p.m. at the Kobelt/Wallkill Airport in the town of Shawangunk.

Law enforcement officials identified two people who died in an aircraft crash Wednesday night north of the Kearney Regional Airport. Dr. Mark Meyer, 77, and Kent O. Magnuson, 72, both of rural Kearney ...