I thought we had a local guy involved in a plane crash in upstate New York tonight, because the tail number on the plane came back to Kenneth Walter, of Hudson, NH, but it turns out there was only a slight local connection.

State Police in New York tell me that JD Morrissett, of Bumpass, Virginia, was the actual pilot of the Ercoupe 415-C single-engine plane that went down near Clermont, N.Y., yesterday afternoon about 3 p.m.

Apparently Morrissett had just bought the plane from Walter, and was flying from Hudson to Virginia when the plane had mechanical problems over upstate New York and Morrissett had to land in a field.

Police said the landing went alright until the plane hit a rut in the field and flipped onto its roof.

Here is a photo taken by the Fox affiliate in Albany, New York, WXXA Fox-23. It was forwarded to me by a friend aat Fox-25 in Boston.

State Police said Morrissett got out of the plane on his own and only had very minor injuries.

The FAA couldn't tell me much tonight, because a spokesman said the FAA investigator won't get to the scene until morning.

Mr. Walter appears to have an unlisted number in Hudson, so I was unable to reach him tonight.