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Police: Penn. pilot dead in upstate New York plane crash

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) — Police say the pilot of a single-engine plane is dead following a crash near the New York-Pennsylvania border.

Police in Endicott say a Trella T-21 aircraft piloted by 77-year-old Russell E. Darrow of Brackney, Pennsylvania crashed late Monday morning near the Tri-Cities Airport.

The investigation into the cause of the crash near Binghamton is being conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board.