Minor Injuries Reported In Plymouth Plane Crash

By Justin Muszynski, The Bristol Press

July 5, 2022

Minor injuries were reported during a plane crash Tuesday in a wooded area at the same Boy Scout camp where a plane crashed in 2016.

Terryville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Sekorski said the crash occurred about a quarter of a mile into the woods of Camp Mattatuck, off of Mount Tobe Road, around 1 p.m.

Fortunately, Sekorski said, only minor injuries were reported, as crews searched a heavily wooded area for the plane after it was seen going down.

“If the victim was unconscious, we probably would have been searching for hours,” the fire chief said.

Sekorski said he believes two people were in the place when it went down, though he added that details like that are more of a concern for the Federal Aviation Administration – which will handle the investigation.

Firefighters were more concerned about finding the crash site and making sure anyone involved was safe, Sekorski said.

The FAA, according to the fire chief, arrived on scene around 2:50 p.m.

The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection was also called to the scene, as the Cessna 185 leaked about 30 gallons of fuel after impact. The plane did not catch on fire, though it was heavily damaged, Sekorski said.

Sekorski said it was also immediately unclear where the pilot had taken off from and where he was headed. That kind of information will be gathered by the FAA, he said.

According to the FAA, the fixed wing, single-engine plane, which has a reciprocating engine, is registered to Charles Hutter. The aircraft was registered in Carson City, Nev.

The pilot of the crash reported Tuesday has not been identified.

This is not the first time a plane crashed into the wooded area that is a part of Camp Mattatuck.

The camp, which sits near Waterbury Airport, had a plane go down on its grounds in 2016 after the pilot of an open-cockpit vehicle struck some trees at the Boy Scout camp and was seriously injured. That crash happened after the engine of the plane cut out multiple times.

Justin Muszynski can be reached at 860-973-1809 or jmuszynski@bristolpress.com.