2006 New York City plane crash
The Belaire building after the fire caused by the crash was extinguished.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | October 11, 2006 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into building |
| Site | The Belaire, New York City |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 (both on plane) |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 21 (in building, including 11 firefighters) |
| Aircraft type | Cirrus SR20 |
| Operator | Private |
| Registration | N929CD |
| Flight origin |
Teterboro Airport Teterboro, New Jersey |
Coordinates: 40°45′57″N 73°57′08″W / 40.765833°N 73.952222°W
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.
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