On June 17, 2019, at approximately 11:18 a.m., Broome County Emergency Services received a report of a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Airport on Industrial Park Boulevard, Village of Endicott. Endicott Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to the scene.
First responders located a single engine Trella T-21 aircraft that had crashed on the Norfolk Southern Railroad property, in between Industrial Park Boulevard and Airport Road. The pilot of the aircraft was deceased.
The pilot has been identified as Russell E. Darrow, age 77 of Brackney, Pa.
The National Transportation Safety Board is handling the investigation into the cause of the accident.
Agencies responding to the scene and assisting with the incident included the Broome County Sheriff’s Department, New York State Police, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police, and personnel from the Norfolk Southern Railway, Union Emergency Squad, FAA and NTSB.
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