WEBB, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a small plane was killed in a crash in a remote area of the Adirondacks.
Local media report that the single-engine plane crashed Thursday at Stillwater Reservoir in Herkimer County, about 60 miles north of Utica.
WWNY-TV in Watertown reports (http://bit.ly/1qkaKHO ) that the pilot of the plane was 76-year-old Schiele Brewer, who had a camp nearby.
Police say his small single-engine plane took off from Boonville in neighboring Oneida County on Thursday morning.
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
