Pilot Indicted in Crash of Cessna Twin

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 09:54 PM ET

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New Hampshire pilot Stephen Fay was indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges for the New Year’s Day 2011 crash of a Cessna 310 that killed his daughter.
The indictment alleges Fay was piloting the twin-engine plane at night without a multiengine rating or instructor on board, despite being repeatedly warned he was neither licensed nor qualified to do so.
Prosecutors accuse Fay of "wanton or reckless conduct" leading to the accident, noting mechanical failure, weather, or operator impairment were not factors.

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A New Hampshire pilot was indicted on Friday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the New Year’s Day 2011 crash of a Cessna 310 that killed his daughter.

A grand jury indicted Stephen Fay, 57, for the death of Jessica Malin after it was determined that Fay was piloting his twin-engine Cessna without a multiengine rating when it crashed on a nighttime approach to Runway 19 at Orange Municipal Airport in western Massachusetts.