TUXEDO — New York State Police reported that a plane made an emergency landing near Arden Road in the Town of Tuxedo on a Friday afternoon.
According to the original report, the pilot was flying a biplane from Connecticut to Warwick when smoke was observed coming from the nose of the aircraft at about 1:20 p.m.
Police said the pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field off Route 17 near Arden Road. The landing damaged the biplane, but the pilot was not injured.
A witness in the area believed that the aircraft had experienced a mechanical failure.
Uniformed troopers and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded to the scene. The Federal Aviation Administration was to be notified.