Investigation Underway After A Plane Crash Lands in the Hudson Valley

A small plane made a crash landing at the Hudson Valley Regional Airport on Tuesday.

It was a busy afternoon for first responders in Dutchess County on Tuesday, September 3rd as local departments responded to two serious events in the span of a couple of minutes.

Small Plane Crash Lands at Hudson Valley Regional Airport

At approximately 1:20 p.m. Tuesday emergency personnel responded to a call of a incident involving a small plane at the Hudson Valley Reginal Airport located at 263 New Hackensack Rd, Wappingers Falls, NY. As responders arrived on the scene it was reported that a single-engine plane made a hard landing on the airport's main runway according to News 12.

According to the FAA, the landing gear of a single-engine Piper PA-24 plane collapsed as the plane attempted to land with two passengers on board. Authorities didn't say if any of the passengers were injured or not but did say that the plane hit the ground so hard that its landing gear ended up collapsing.

Massive Explosion & Fire in East Fishkill, New York

The second incident happened around the same time as just a few miles away a loud explosion was heard by residents, who then reported seeing flames over 100 feet high in the Old Hopewell area of East Fishkill, NY.

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It was later confirmed that a gas explosion led to the sky-high flames after Central Hudson reported that one of its crews was performing maintenance near a regulator station that began to "over-pressurize" leading to the explosion and fire. They went on to say that

"Preliminary reports suggest a safety device began to release that pressure as designed. Within moments the natural gas venting into the atmosphere ignited, causing damage to electric wires overhead."

The fire was completely extinguished at approximately 3:30 p.m. according to Central Hudson. We have more information on the fire and Central Hudson's efforts to restore power to the area here.