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MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on small vintage plane crash on Long Island (all times local):
6:15 p.m.
A pilot who died when a small vintage airplane crashed in a wooded residential area in suburban New York has been identified as a U.S. Naval Academy graduate.
A spokeswoman for GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team confirms Ken Johansen was killed in the crash of the World War II-era plane Wednesday in Melville, Long Island.
Spokeswoman Benda Little says Johansen also was a naval aviator and a professional airline pilot. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
The Skytypers performed at this weekend's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.
No one else was injured. The plane had departed from nearby Republic Airport.
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4:30 p.m.
A small vintage airplane has crashed in a wooded residential area in suburban New York, killing its pilot.
Huntington town spokeswoman Lauren Lembo tells Newsday the fire marshal confirms the pilot of the World War II-era GEICO Skytypers plane was pronounced dead at the scene in Melville on Wednesday afternoon.
The Skytypers performed at this weekend's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.
Suffolk County police say there were no other occupants on the plane and no one on the ground was injured. Photos of the wreckage show thick black smoke and raging orange flames.
A witness says she saw a small plane spinning in the air and heading down and then heard a loud sound.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash involved an SNJ-2 aircraft, a World War II-era plane.
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