I did a little more Googling (slow day at work...) Apparently, the aircraft was originally a custom-designed twin-engine Cozy (Rutan-style canard) which the pilot purchased a couple of years ago and...
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I did a little more Googling (slow day at work...) Apparently, the aircraft was originally a custom-designed twin-engine Cozy (Rutan-style canard) which the pilot purchased a couple of years ago and...
According to the N-number shown on the wreckage (N79ZR), the FAA is calling it a Raven:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=79ZR
Latest update from Newsday - the FAA said the Coast Guard later confirmed the aircraft that crashed was an experimental, amateur built fixed-wing Raven powered by a Lycoming engine, registered in...
From Newsday.com:
ETA:
Update from Newsday: