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The 2006 New York City plane crash occurred on October 11, 2006, when a Cirrus SR20 general aviation, fixed-wing, single-engine light aircraft crashed into the Belaire Apartments in New York City at about 2:42 p.m. local time (18:42 UTC). The aircraft struck the north side of the building, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, causing a fire in several apartments, which was extinguished within two hours. Both people aboard the aircraft were killed in the accident: New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle〔 and his certified flight instructor Tyler Stanger. Twenty-one people were injured, including eleven firefighters. An apartment resident, Ilana Benhuri, was hospitalized for a month with severe burns incurred when the post-impact fire engulfed her apartment.〔 〕 According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Cirrus SR20 aircraft, tail number N929CD, was owned by Lidle. On May 1, 2007, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated that the probable cause of the crash was pilot error. The NTSB was unable to determine which person was flying the aircraft at the time of the crash.〔Judgement Call: Lidle accident may lead to tighter N.Y.C. flight restrictions, ''Aviation Week & Space Technology'', May 7, 2007, pg 92〕 ==Flight== The aircraft departed from Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey, at 2:29 pm local time (18:29 UTC). Lidle planned on flying to Tennessee, where he had a hotel room booked for the night, then to Dallas, Texas, and finally on to his home in California.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 Radar measurements show that, immediately before the crash, Lidle's aircraft was flying at 112 mph (180 km/h) at altitude in the East River VFR corridor, an area which former NTSB official Peter Goelz described as "very tricky" due to its narrow width and frequent congestion. The VFR corridor ends abruptly at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island. Aircraft must receive an air traffic control clearance to proceed beyond the boundaries of the corridor, or else make a sharp U-turn and return the way they came. Lidle's plane flew north along the corridor almost to the end before executing a turn and hitting the north face of the building along the river.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 New York City plane crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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