Posts Tagged ‘plane crash’
One Injured in Parsonsburg Plane Crash
Maryland State Police tell the Talk of Delmarva that a single-engine crop duster crashed in the area of Forest Grove Road in Parsonsburg just after 9am Monday. The pilot was the only person on board and was flown by Maryland Trooper 4 to Shock Trauma in Baltimore. Emergency personnel from Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Company were…
Read MoreUPDATED: Plane Crash Near Easton Under Investigation
UPDATED – 6:30pm – The deceased victim is identified as 56 year old Robert Eugene Merlini of Annapolis. Merlini was the pilot, and sole occupant of a twin engine Cessna that crashed in the Tred Avon River this morning. ============================================================ UPDATED – 2:30pm – Maryland State Police are investigating a plane crash just after 9:30…
Read MorePlane Crash Injures 2 Near Salisbury
Two people were injured when a small plane crashed Sunday just after noon north of Salisbury. Emergency personnel from Salisbury and Hebron were called to a field in the area of North West Road and Log Cabin Road. One person was taken to Tidal Health in Salisbury and the other flown to Shock Trauma in…
Read MoreSonic Boom Heard over DC-Annapolis as Plane Crashes in SW Virginia
The FAA is reporting that a Cessna Citation crashed around 3:30 p.m. in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Around 3 p.m., authorities in the Washington, D.C. and Annapolis areas received numerous reports of an explosion which was potentially a sonic boom from fighter jets responding to intercept the Cessna which flew an odd flight path…
Read MoreNJ Pilot Dies in Crash Near Cape May Court House
A small plane crash southwest of Cape May Courthouse is under investigation by Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. Middle Township Police were notified of the crash at the Paramount Airfield just after 9:30 Saturday morning. Police say the pilot, 22 year old Thomas Gibson of Ocean City, New Jersey, was pronounced…
Read MorePlane Lands in Sinepuxent Bay off O.C. Airport; 1 Injury
(Updated story) A small plane crashed into Sinepuxent Bay near the Salisbury-Ocean City Regional Airport Sunday afternoon. Maryland State Police at the Berlin Barrack responded at about 2:00 p.m. Sunday to the reported crash. Ocean City Firefighters transported one of five occupants to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital for injuries. State Police said a preliminary investigation…
Read MoreUpdated: Yet Another Airplane Mishap in Ocean City Area
Image courtesy Cesar Campos, Campos Media For the second time this week, first responders are on the scene of another airplane mishap in the Ocean City area. This time a small plane, a Vans RV-7A, flipped over around 12:05 p.m. after landing at the end of Runway 14/32 at the Ocean City Municipal Airport. City…
Read MorePlane Lands in Ocean off 21st Street in Ocean City; Pilot OK
Image courtesy Cesar Campos, Campos Media A small airplane — a Cessna 172RG believed to be used for fish-spotting — landed in the ocean just off 21st Street in Ocean City around 6:10 p.m. The plane and pilot were brought to shore minutes later. The pilot and only occupant was evaluated by EMS but appeared…
Read MoreCoast Guard Suspends Search for Plane Off Coast of Cape May
The United States Coast Guard has suspended their search for a missing pilot following the crash of a small, single-engine plane in the water near Cape May Point just before noon on Wednesday. In addition to the Coast Guard the New Jersey State Police, Cape May Fire Department and Cape May Police all contributed to…
Read MoreBREAKING & UPDATED: Plane Crash Near Ocean City Airport Injures 2
UPDATE: 11:30pm – A small plane crashed Friday morning just before 9:30 near the Assateague Greens Golf Center off Stephen Decatur Highway in Berlin. Maryland State Police say the plane had just taken off from the Ocean City Airport with two people on board. Both Guerrino and Mary Mascelli of Berlin – both 60 –…
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