Pilot Remains in Hospital After Crashing at P.A. Airfield

Eldon Vosseller crashed glider after take-off Saturday at Van Sant Airport in Tinicum Township.

A Basking Ridge pilot remained in the intensive care unit of a hospital Tuesday after crashing his glider during take-off at the Van Sant Airport in Tinicum Township, Pa., according to NJ.com. Seventy-year-old Eldon Vosseller was flying a New Jersey Civil Air Patrol glider when he crashed on the grassy runway around noon. According to The Morning Call, Vosseller was being cared for at St. Luke's University Hospital-Fountain Hill.

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Plane Overturned While Landing Injuring 2, Cops Say

Both occupants suffered non-life-threatening injuries in crash at Central Jersey airport.

Both occupants of a twin-engine plane that crashed while attempting to land Thursday morning at Hillsborough's Central Jersey Regional Airport suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Alfonso Meghnagi, 44, of Princeton, and Stuart Rosenberg, 44, of South Orange, were on board the 1980 Beechwood twin engine aircraft that overturned while attempting to land at about 11:30 a.m., Hillsborough Police said. The plane struck a metal fence and a parked trailer located in the northwest area of the airport, police said. When officers arrived, the two occupants were out of the plane and receiving assistance from bystanders, police said. Meghnagi suffered a lower-leg injury and was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, police said. …

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'Doc' With 'Brief But Full' Life Mourned at St. James

Hundreds gather to remember and honor a physician, father, husband, teacher, brother, son and 'mentor.'

Dr. Emil Bisaccia was remembered Monday morning at his funeral at St. James Church as a true "renaissance man" whose personal and professional impact on family, friends, patients, fellow medical professionals and his students was both profound and far-reaching. The Basking Ridge physician was 59 when he was killed last Saturday flying solo in a single-engine plane en route to Ohio, where one of his offices of Affiliated Dermatology Cosmetic Surgery Center is located. Other offices are in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, Morristown, Roxbury and Somerville. Those who eulogized Bisaccia listed his many accomplishments and affiliations. But although he was a pre-eminent cosmetic surgeon and co-founder of Affiliated Dermatology—…

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Linda Sadlouskos

9:08 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012

After attending the service for Dr. Bisaccia, and hearing every speaker mention his journals, I wondered if perhaps his sons would want to publish some of his writings in a book.   more ›

An 'Extraordinary Man,' Local Doc's Funeral Monday

Basking Ridge physician was a co-founder of Affiliated Dermatology, with offices in Liberty Corner and elsewhere.

The family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Emil Bisaccia, the Basking Ridge dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon who died in a single-engine plane crash a week ago, are expected on Monday at a funeral service scheduled for 11 a.m. at St. James R.C. Church in Basking Ridge. Visiting hours had been scheduled on Sunday. Monday's service at St. James will be followed by interment at Somerset Hills Memorial Park Mausoleum in Basking Ridge, according to Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home, which is handling funeral arrangements. Bisaccia was a co-founder of Affiliated Dermatology Cosmetic Surgery Center, with offices in Liberty Corner, Morristown and other locations in Morris and Somerset counties. Among his other affiliations, he was a Professor of …

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At-Scene Investigation of Plane Crash Completed

FAA and National Transportation Safety Board complete on-scene survey of single-engine plane crash in Ohio that killed Basking Ridge physician.

Colleagues 'Deeply Saddened' By Local Doc's Death

Basking Ridge resident Emil Bisaccia died in a single-engine plane crash Saturday in Ohio.

Affiliated Dermatology Cosmetic Surgery Center, with offices in Liberty Corner, Morristown and Ohio, on Tuesday issued a statement as physicians and staff at the practice mourn the loss of co-founder and head surgeon, Dr. Emil Bisaccia. Bisaccia, who lived in Basking Ridge, died on Saturday in a single-engine plane crash in Ohio. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely passing of Emil Bisaccia,” said longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Dwight Scarborough. “This tragedy is a profound loss to his colleagues, patients and the Affiliated Dermatology staff, and he will be greatly missed.” The center said Bisaccia, who was alone while piloting a single-engine plane en route to Columbus, Ohio, was widely regarded as one of New Jersey’s …

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Basking Ridge Man Dies When Single-Engine Plane Crashes in Ohio

Pilot Emil Bisaccia, 59, died when after the plane that had taken off from Somerset Airport crashed in wooded area of Ohio.

Basking Ridge Pilot Remains in Hospital Following Plane Crash

Cause of accident at Somerset Airport on Friday remains under investigation.

Crash Victims Remembered Up & Down East Coast

Friends and colleagues recall the Buckalews and Rakesh Chawla as busy, giving.

The deaths of the Buckalew family and Rakesh Chawla resonated Wednesday from the Passaic River Valley in New Jersey to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The Buckalews–Jeffrey, 45, his wife Corinne, 45, their children, Jackson, 9, and Meriwether, 6, and their family dog–and Chawla died Tuesday when the plane piloted by Jeffrey Buckalew crashed into the median of Route 287 in Morris Township. The accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Jeffrey Buckalew was partner and managing director at Greenhill & Co. LLC of New York and Chawla, 36, was a managing partner for the investment bank. News of the accident was reported by media outlets from New York to North Carolina, on business newspapers and websites, in…

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