State Police investigate emergency plane landing in Tuxedo

At aprox 1:20 pm this afternoon, DANA M HAGUE age 57 from Clinton, CT was flying his bi-plane from CT to Warwick, NY when he observed smoke coming from the nose of the place.  Hague attempted to make an emergency landing in a field located off of St-17 in the area of Arden Rd in the Town of Tuxedo.  The landing resulted in damage to the bi-plane but Hague was uninjured.  A witness in the area observed the event and believed the plane suffered some form of mechanical failure. Uniform Troopers and Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) are on scene.  FAA to be notified.