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Propeller fell off plane before crash in Town of Webb

By Associated Press

Story Created: Aug 21, 2012 at 9:31 AM EDT

Story Updated: Aug 21, 2012 at 10:32 AM EDT

WEBB, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a small plane that was forced to land on an Adirondack lake last week had lost its propeller in midair.

State police tell the Adirondack Daily Enterprise that the privately owned, single-engine Jabiru was flying at about 6,500 feet last Thursday morning when the propeller came off. The pilot managed to crash-land the plane in Gull Lake in northern Herkimer County.

He and his passenger were rescued soon after by New York Air National Guard helicopter crews flying to Fort Drum.

The plane was contracted by the Department of Defense to support a Vermont Air National Guard training exercise. It was recovered from the lake last weekend by a private salvage company.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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