Plane crash puzzles authorities.

DINGMAN — Authorities are still trying to figure out who crashed a single engine Piper Cub into tree tops at the edge of the southwest corner of Gold Key Lake. Pennsylvania State Police and local fire officials heard about the incident Tuesday morning. The Piper Cherokee PA28 was spotted less than 20 feet from the water’s edge at about 9:30 a.m. by Kerry Robinson, lake patrol officer of Gold Key Lake. It was reported to 911 by the community’s administration office and EMS and fire personnel soon arrived on the scene. Assistant Fire Chief Mark O’Brien was the first to climb up to the aircraft. “There is no sign of blood, a pilot, any passengers or anything in the small baggage area behind the seats,” O’Brien yelled down. Investigators recovered a briefcase from the plane, which was identified as belonging to a Steven Czeck, but there was no indication as to who was piloting the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration later reported that the plane is owned by Robert J. Stephanoff of Piscataway, N.J. and that a flight plan from New Jersey to Hancock, N.Y. had been filed on Monday. FAA spokesman Jim Peters told the Courier that the unidentified pilot had brought down the plane at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, climbed down, reported the incident to 911 and then hitched a ride to New York City. No one in the community reported hearing or seeing the late afternoon plane crash. The FAA has classified the incident as an accident and the investigation has been turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB is waiting to have the plane on the ground to further its investigation. Gold Key Lake is a 980- home community association on Log Tavern Road. The plane came down at the 120-acre lake at the community which bears the same name.