Overview
- The crash, reported Friday around 7:40 p.m., drew local and state crews to New Salem near Route 122.
- A witness reported a person calling for help in the water, and a state trooper using a tether and a flotation device helped pull the pilot to shore.
- State police said the plane went down in O’Loughlin Pond, part of the Quabbin Reservoir watershed, and the pilot was the only person aboard.
- The pilot was transferred by ambulance to the Orange airport for a medical flight to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, and officials have not released the condition.
- The plane remains submerged pending recovery while crews stay overnight, and state police said they notified the Federal Aviation Administration.