The three people are believed to have been on the plane, which crashed around 3:00 p.m. today as no injuries were reported in the area.
One person died and two others were seriously injured when a single-engine plane crashed in a residential area, minutes before reaching its final destination, the regional airport of Farmingville and Long Islandsoutheast of the state of NY.
The three people are believed to have been on the plane, which crashed around 3:00 p.m. today as no injuries were reported in the area.
The injured were taken in a police helicopter to a nearby hospital, NBC channel 4 reports.
He adds that according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it is a one-engine aircraft, model Piper PA 28.
The agency launched an investigation of the accident in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine what caused the accident.
Neither the victim nor the injured have been identified.
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