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2006 New York City Cirrus SR20 crash
The Belaire building after the fire caused by the crash was extinguished
Accident
Date
October 11, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-10-11)
Summary
Controlled flight into building
Site
Belaire Apartments, Manhattan, New York City 40°45′58″N73°57′08″W / 40.76616°N 73.95221°W / 40.76616; -73.95221
Total fatalities
2
Total injuries
21
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Cirrus SR20
Operator
Private
Registration
N929CD
Flight origin
Teterboro Airport Teterboro, New Jersey[1]
Occupants
2
Fatalities
2
Survivors
0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
0
Ground injuries
21 (including 11 firefighters)
On October 11, 2006, a Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashed into the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at about 2:42 p.m. EDT (18:42 UTC). The aircraft struck the north side of the building, causing a fire in several apartments,[2][3] that was extinguished within two hours.[4]
Both people aboard the aircraft were killed in the accident: New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle[3] and his certificated flight instructor Tyler Stanger.[5][6] Twenty-one people were injured, including eleven firefighters. An apartment resident, Ilana Benhuri, who lived in the building with her husband, was hospitalized for a month with severe burns incurred when the post-impact fire engulfed her apartment.[7][8]
The Cirrus SR20 aircraft, tail number N929CD, was owned by Lidle.[9] 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.[10]
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^"Yankee Pitcher Dies as Plane Crashes Into NYC High-Rise". ABC News. October 11, 2006. Archived from the original on December 2, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^ ab"Yankees pitcher killed in crash of small plane in Manhattan". CNN. October 12, 2006. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^"Yankees Player Among Two Killed In Small Plane Crash On Manhattan's UES". NY1. October 11, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^Feinsand, Mark (October 11, 2006). "Yankees' Lidle killed in plane crash". MLB.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^Yaniv, Oren; Standora, Leo (October 12, 2006). "2nd victim died living his dream". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^"Woman Burned in NYC Plane Crash Released". Fox News. Associated Press. November 10, 2006. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^Barron, James (October 12, 2006). "Manhattan Plane Crash Kills Yankee Pitcher". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
^"N-Number Inquiry Results: N929CD". Federal Aviation Administration. May 1, 2006. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved October 11, 2006.
^Judgement Call: Lidle accident may lead to tighter N.Y.C. flight restrictions, Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 7, 2007, pg 92
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