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Originally Posted by Archaea
I'm not familiar with the NY airspace, but ...
If a pilot is flying VFR, he need not ensure that the local air traffic controllers monitor his flight path. It is good policy to do so, but it is not mandatory. The controllers often track but unless the pilot makes voluntary contact, they have no way of contacting the pilot.
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According to this story, there was a distress signal sent and the plane came out of some clouds and hit the building.
http://kutv.com/topstories/topstorie...284145246.html
Inexperienced pilot + apparently not so good weather and visibility = a very sad situation.
Yankess should stay away from private planes.