Student pilot who crashed in Plymouth lost engine power at 5,500 feet, preliminary report says

The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a campground in Plymouth earlier this month lost power to her engine more than 5,000 feet in the air and tried to glide her way to an airstrip about a mile away from the crash site, according to a preliminary report.

The preliminary findings released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board said the student pilot, who suffered minor injuries during the crash, had taken off from Wappingers Falls, New York with full fuel tanks for...