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SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VIA PHONE ON 05/27/2011 AT 1530 LOCAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING FROM LONG ISLAND NY TO CLAYTON NY ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. CLOUDS WERE LOW, APPROXIMATELY 3900 FEET, AROUND THE CATSKILLS, BUT WHEN HE GOT PAST THE MOUNTAINS, THE CLOUDS WENT AWAY, AND HE WAS IN GOOD VFR WITH GOOD VISIBILITY. WHEN HE GOT TO CLAYTON, HE DID A LOW PASS TO CHECK FOR DEER, AND THEN FLEW OVER THE VILLAGE OF CLAYTON, AND THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BEFORE THE LANDING BACK AT RITCHIE FIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NOT VERY BUMPY. HE SET UP ON A 3 MILE STRAIGHT IN FINAL AT 90 KTS AND 15 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE DID A G.U.M.P.S. CHECK. THE NEXT THING HE SAID HAPPENED WAS THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND HIT THE GROUND, AND THERE WAS FIRE. THEN THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND AND THERE WAS MORE FIRE. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, HE TRIED THE DOOR BUT IT WAS JAMMED. HE THEN KICKED OUT THE BACK WINDOW TO GET OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ESTIMATES HE HAD 160 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL) HE PURCHASED FUEL THE WEEK BEFORE IN BRIDGEPORT CT., AND DID NOT PURCHASE FUEL ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS SENDING AIRCRAFT LOGS TO THIS OFFICE AND COPIES OF HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL. HE STATES THAT HIS PILOT LOGBOOK WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND BURNED.