Brooklyn, NY +Plane Landing at Ball Field+ NYPD Aviation is confirming that a small plane has landed on the ball field at Cropsey Avenue and Belt Parkway NYPD of the 60th Pct have been notified, ESU on the scene with no reports of fire or any injuries yet.
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U/D: 10:56
Plane made an emergency landing on the field, all units are 10-98, pilot awaiting tow.
ANON 5:36 I’M GLAD YOU THINK THAT A HELICOPTER AND A PLANE HAVE THE SAME LANDING PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS. BTW- I THINK A FOOTBALL LANDED IN A DEAD END STREET ALSO ONE TIME. GET A LIFE!
I DONT BELEIVE IT
There was a Helicopter landing in Monsey last year on a private dead end street also for precautionary reasons…
A plane that size can be placed on a flatbed!
HOW WILL THEY REMOVE THE PLANE FROM THERE? HE AINT DRIVING IT DOWN THE BELT TO JFK!
make this park an amusement park with real life rides!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Bensonhurst – WABC, Nov. 14, 2006) – The pilot of a small plane made an unscheduled landing in a park the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn Tuesday.
Officials say the plane landed in Dreier Offerman Park, off of the Belt Parkway and 27th Avenue, just before 10:45 a.m.
The pilot, Paul Dudley, was reportedly uninjured.
Officials say he was the only person on board.
Dudley told police he made “a precautionary landing” in the field.
Investigators say the plane, a Cessena 172, is registered to Dudley.
They say he was heading from Westhampton to the Linden Municipal Airport, where he is the director.
He reportedly said he had some engine trouble and needed to put the plane down on the nearest piece of flat ground he could find.
They say he safely landed the plane without any damage to the plane.
Dreier-Offerman Park is a 73-acre park near Coney Island. It has several ballfields popular with community leagues.