Monday, June 29, 2015

3 KILLED AFTER A BEECH A36 BONANZA PLANE FIERY CRASH INTO PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS HOME













June 28, 2015

PLAINVILLE, Mass.

A plane crashed into a Plainville house Sunday night, causing a large fire that engulfed the home and causing the deaths of those on the plane.

Massachuetts State Police said the plane’s pilot and two passengers died.  However, officials at the scene of the crash said while there were "multiple fatalities," they could not confirm how many people had died.

The plane, a Beechcraft BE36, was carrying three people and flying from Lancaster Airport in Pennsylvania to Norwood Airport when it crashed into the home on a cul-de-sac at 25 Bridle Path at 5:45 p.m.  The residents of the home escaped.

Radio transmissions indicate the pilot reported an engine problem about five minutes before the crash.

The pilot told air traffic controllers that he was "unable to maintain altitude" and needed help.   The pilot was not able to make it to North Central State Airport in Rhode Island, about 7 miles away, or to Interstate 495, where controllers had suggested a highway landing.

"We've got a real bad vibration. We’re losing engines," he told the flight controllers. "We have no engines.”

Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the family was home at the time of the crash but managed to get out.

"A miracle that the four occupants of the home managed to get out unscathed," said Coan.

The plane wound up behind the two-story colonial, where a section of the tail and a charred wing rested on a hillside in the yard.  The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

Jeff Kinney, the famed author of "The Diary of a Wimpy Kid' book series,  lives next door to the home that was hit.

Fire departments from Norfolk, Foxborough and Mansfield assisted Plainville in putting out the fire that destroyed much of the home.



Date:
28-JUN-2015
Time:
17:45
Type:
Owner/operator:
Island Airways Inc
Registration:
N5626D
C/n / msn:
E-2547
Fatalities:
Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:
Plainville, MA - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
En route
Nature:
Unknown
Departure airport:
Lancaster (KLNS)
Destination airport:
Norwood Meml (KOWD)
Narrative:
The aircraft experienced a loss of engine power and impacted a residential building structure during the ensuing force landing attempt in Plainville, Massachusets. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and partially consumed by the post impact fire and the three occupants onboard received fatal injuries. The were no reported injuries on the ground.
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