.
Feedback

Bi-Plane Flips Saturday During Landing at Bayport Aerodrome

The incident is the second in six weeks at the grass-field aviation center.

An antique two-seater bi plane overturned during landing Saturday about 5 p.m. at the Bayport Aerodrome but neither the pilot or passenger in the plane were injured, according to Suffolk Police.

It is the second such aviation incident at the small grass field Islip Town-owned airport in the last six weeks.

According to a Newsday report, the pilot was a 54-year-old Huntington resident, Steve Martin and the passenger was 67-year-old Tom Paradise of Alexandria, Va., The crash landing, according to Newsday, was tied to the plane's landing gear tail fin.

The previous incident, on July 7, involved a small biplane that crashed on the runway while on takeoff when the pilot hit the brakes at the final minute due to turbulence, according to the police. The pilot, and a female passenger, suffered minor injuries in that incident.

Receive updates to this story and other breaking news in your inbox or smartphone by signing up for our newsletter here

The Aerodrome is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district.

Newsletter & Alerts

Get the best stories each day and important breaking news

Subscribe

Not from Sayville-Bayport Patch? Find your Local Patch »

Loading comments ...
Note Article
Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.