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Fatal New York plane crash caused by engine damage, investigators rule

A small plane that crashed in suburban New York last month, killing both occupants, was found to have crashed because of a damaged engine, investigators say.

A small plane that crashed last month as it approached a suburban New York airport, killing two people on board, had a damaged engine that led the aircraft to bleed oil, according to an investigation by National Transportation Safety Board.

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Investigators said they found a hole in the top of the crankcase and noted fresh oil at the bottom of the fuselage, which apparently caused the plane to fly poorly.

The single-engine Beechcraft A36 was flying from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Jan. 19.

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The pilot had radioed air traffic controllers that the plane was approaching the White Plains airport with a "dead cylinder," but then went silent not long after broadcasting, "mayday mayday mayday mayday."

The aircraft was about a mile from the A at around 6:15 p.m. The airport is near White Plains, about 39 miles north of JFK.

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