20020510018189A

(-23) On may 10, 2002 at approx. 0945 a Cessna 210, N7482E, s/n 57182, crashed short of west hampton/Gabreski airport. The aircraft was being used to give instruction to edward pagan, private pilot, cert# 79187625 by instructor david zeidler, cert# 1621196 for the purposes of being checked out in the aircraft. The airplane had departed frg early to practice touch and go's at fok and had made 6 previous take off's and landings with no problems. On the seventh attempt as the plane was turning on to final the student noticed the aircraft had lost power and he informed the instructor who took over the controls at approximately 600' to 700' above the ground. He spotted a road to the left and attempted to land on it. The aircraft hit trees approx. 100' short of the road and came to rest in the road. It was laying on its right side with the outer portion of the right wing in a tree approx. 50' up. The lt wing was still attached to the fuselage by none structural components ie. Wires, cables etc. The leading edge skin was on the ground about 20' from the tree the wing was in. The rt horizontal stab and elevator were also below the same tree the wing was in. The pilot had minor injuries (pagan) flight instructor (zeidler) had to be removed from the aircraft. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to recover. Interviews with Mr. Pagan and Mr. Zeidler were conducted. (See attached).