The Southport Fire Department on Monday recognized the first responders and pilot involved in a crash and ocean rescue ...

Pilot Mark Finkelstein took a small single-engine plane for a short flight on Saturday evening — only to find himself in the water just 13 minutes later.

Mark Finkelstein has been flying for 17 years and says what was supposed to be a short flight quickly turned into a nightmare ...

At a certain point, the engine just stopped altogether and the propeller just stopped and at that point it was very clear ...

WECT reports a small airplane crashed in the ocean near the Oak Island Pier at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The pilot, Mark ...

pilot Mark Finelkstein thanked Southport firefighters Chad Butchello, Austin Lancaster, and Chris Dunham, who responded to the crash after the plane struck the water due to engine failure. “I’m ...

According to Flight Aware, his plane took off from the Cape Fear Regional Jetport in Oak Island at 7:17 p.m. It was only in ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WTVD) -- A pilot was rescued Saturday after making an emergency landing in the ocean near Oak Island Pier.

OAK ISLAND, N.C. -- A pilot was rescued Saturday after making an emergency landing in the ocean near a pier in Oak Island, ...

A beach packed with vacationers turned into an impromptu rescue scene when a single-engine plane splashed down just yards off ...