ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. — Two people are dead after a plane crash in Orleans County.
The sheriff's office says a homemade plane went down on Townline Road just before 5:45 Sunday evening in the Town of Yates.
One witness said the pilot left with a passenger from the Gaines Airport.
On Tuesday, the Orleans County Sheriff's Office announced that Earl Luce, Jr., 70, of Brockport was the pilot and Morris Wortman, 72, of Rochester died in the crash.
A preliminary investigation into the crash revealed that the wings detached from the body of the aircraft and fell to the ground. The body of the plane continued for about 1,500 yards before it crashed into a pasture behind a residence.