A small plane that lost engine power while diverting toward Westchester County Airport crashed into the median of I-684 in Greenwich on Dec. 12, 2024, killing one pilot and injuring the other.
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report, as described by lohud, put the crash at 6:46 p.m. An earlier NewsTimes account said it happened around 7 p.m. and reported that the FAA had placed it around 7:15 p.m.
The crash killed 32-year-old Yakov Friedman of Monsey and injured 26-year-old Kalmen Goldberger of Linden, New Jersey. The aircraft was a Tecnam P-2008, a two-seat light sport plane.
The plane lost engine power while diverting to Westchester County Airport.
The plane hit the median. A southbound motorist stopped and pulled one occupant from the left side of the aircraft before Westchester County Police arrived.
When that preliminary report was published, the NTSB investigation was continuing.
