1 killed, 1 injured: On June 10, 2015, a Beech F35, N4224B, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power during takeoff initial climb from the Snohomish County Airport (PAE), Everett, Washington.

NTSB Identification: WPR15FA181

14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation

Accident occurred Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Everett, WA

Aircraft: BEECH F35, registration: N4224B

Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Serious.

 

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.

On June 10, 2015, about 0909 Pacific daylight time, a Beech F35, N4224B, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power during takeoff initial climb from the Snohomish County Airport (PAE), Everett, Washington. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot receiving instruction sustained serious injuries and the flight instructor was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The flight was originating at the time of the accident with an unknown destination.

Information obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) revealed that the pilot was cleared for takeoff on runway 16R at the alpha 4 intersection. Following an acknowledgement of the takeoff clearance, no further radio transmissions were heard from the pilot. Witnesses located adjacent to the accident site reported observing the airplane takeoff and settle below a tree line out of their line of sight.

Examination of the accident site by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) revealed that the airplane impacted terrain in an area of thick vegetation about 1,921 feet south of the departure end of runway 16R. All major structural components of the airplane were located at the accident site. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

Wreckage removed from deadly Czech Sport Aircraft AS Piper Sport plane crash site in Pender County, NC

JUNE 24, 2015

 

 

Crews removing the wreckage from the crash site. (Source: Anonymous)

 

 

Crews removing the wreckage from the crash site. (Source: Anonymous)

 

 

Crews removing the wreckage from the crash site. (Source: Anonymous)

 

 

SABLE spotted the plane's wreckage around 10:30 p.m., about a mile from the Topsail Air Park. (Source: WITN)

 

 

NTSB, FAA, and State Highway Patrol officials are continuing their investigation. (Source: WITN)

 

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - 

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board say a private plane that crashed in Pender County had been inspected a week before its final flight.

State Highway Patrol officials say Dillard Powell, 89 of North Topsail Beach, died in the crash Sunday near Highway 17.

During a news conference at the Surf City Fire Department Tuesday, officials announced the NTSB is reporting no sign of in-flight structural failure and no in-flight fire or explosion.

According to State Highway Patrol, officials were notified around 11:15 p.m. Sunday about a possible plane crash. Preliminary information revealed a plane took off from the Topsail Air Park around 3:30 p.m. Sunday en route to Albert J. Ellis Airport near Jacksonville.

Around 6:30 p.m., the pilot was reported missing after the flight was considered overdue.

Authorities with Pender and Onslow counties initiated a search for the missing aircraft. SABLE spotted the plane's wreckage around 10:30 p.m., about a mile from the Topsail Air Park.

FAA officials say the plane, a Czech Sport Aircraft AS Piper Sport, was registered out of North Topsail Beach in Onslow County.

Donna Crowler, a family friend of Powell's, told WITN that Powell was a World War II pilot and that his plane was recently serviced.

Crowler also says Powell's wife planned to meet him at Albert J. Ellis Airport. Powell's wife waited overnight for him to arrive.

The FAA says the flight did not receive air traffic control services, since none were required for the flight. NTSB, FAA, and State Highway Patrol officials are continuing their investigation.

Local pilots are keeping a close eye on what investigators determine to be the cause of the crash, wanting to learn from what mistakes may have been made in the air.

"It is very concerning and every pilot here is very concerned because you want to know what caused the accident and what could I do better and the majority of it is pilot error," said Lin Brown. "It could be weather, but it is still a judgment area and probably you shouldn't have gone when you did, that kind of thing but back on safety I hate to use the word anal but that's what it's all about, the safety."

As the investigation continues, the NTSB will be looking at weather conditions, the physiology of the pilot, function of the aircraft and the flight control systems.

Crews removed the wreckage from the crash site Tuesday evening. The NTSB said it will take them nine months to a year to have a full report.

2 seriously injured after crash of a Cessna 206, owned by Red Eagle Aviation, at the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana

 

 

2 people were flown to KRMC after the incident (MTN News photo)

 

KALISPELL, MONTANA

Three people survived a Tuesday plane crash in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. 

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Area is a Congressionally designated wilderness area located in western Montana in the United States.

Officials say the airplane was taking off the runway at Schafer Meadows Airstrip when the crash happened at the end of the runway. 

A single-engine Cessna 206, owned by Red Eagle Aviation, was set to take off Tuesday morning with Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry saying that before the plane had a chance to get off the ground, it crashed on the airstrip. 

"At this time it was a private transportation, they were rafters going into the Schafer area. At approximately 12:05 the Two Bear Air went to Schafer Airstrip to pick up the passengers to take them to the Kalispell hospital," U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Ema Braunberger said.

Officials say a private airplane attempted to take off around 11 a.m., but instead crashed at the end of the runway. 

Two of the three people inside were transported to the Kalispell Regional Medical Center and the third was okay. 

"The crash is under investigation and will be under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board. I anticipate they'll send some crews and should be on site either later today or tomorrow," Curry said on Tuesday.

He added that the two injured adults were flown by Two Bear Helicopter and were not critically injured in the incident. 

No injuries have been reported in the crash of a Piper PA-24 Comanche small plane that lost power while flying over northern Iowa.

JUNE 24, 2015

CHARLES CITY, Iowa

No injuries have been reported in the crash of a light plane that lost power while flying over northern Iowa.

The Floyd County Sheriff's Office says the Piper PA-24 Comanche was being flown by David Priebe of Sumner when it lost power a little before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Priebe had 6,500 feet of altitude to work with as he maneuvered his single-engine aircraft toward the Charles City airport and tried to set down there. The Sheriff's Office says the plane overshot the landing and ended up in a ditch that runs alongside U.S. Highway 18.

The office says Priebe and his wife, who was flying with him, were not hurt. The plane sustained structural damage

Man arrested for Chesterfield InTown Suites hotel explosion and fire in Virginia

Explosion at InTown Suites in Chesterfield, Virginia

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James G. Burns (Credit: Chesterfield Police Dept.)

 

 

JUNE 24, 2015

 

CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) 

Investigators say they've arrested a man in connection to a suspicious explosion and fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at the InTown Suites in Chesterfield.

Chesterfield Police say shortly before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, police and firefighters responded to a reported explosion on the hotel's third floor. The room's occupant was not present when first responders arrived. The hotel's sprinkler system was able to extinguish the flames.

While investigators have not released the cause of the explosion, they did call it "suspicious" and an arson felony arrest warrant was issued for the room's occupant, 53-year-old James G. Burns.

Burns was located in the City of Richmond on Tuesday afternoon and arrested without incident. He is currently being held at the Chesterfield County Jail without bond.

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CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT)

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused an explosion at a Chesterfield hotel early Tuesday morning.

The call came in around 4:30 a.m. for a fire alarm at the InTown Suites in the 11500-block of Green Spring Road, between Koger Center Blvd and Robious Road. Chesterfield County Fire and EMS tell us they found signs of an explosion, and some residents report the building shook.

Most people were asleep when it happened, but not Brendon Chandler.

"Just a big explosion and then the window just ended up in the parking lot," remembers Chandler.

He was smoking a cigarette when all of a sudden in the room above his, "The window just shot right out!"

And, that's when guests say chaos erupted.

"I just heard the fire alarm go off and I heard a whole bunch of people running outside. The next thing you know, I'm waking up and just everybody's going outside," says resident David Rivenbark.

Chesterfield Fire says the explosion happened in a room on the third floor. The blown-out window and melted plastic from the fire was evident from the outside. That fire activated the room's sprinkler system. Some second floor rooms sustained water damage from those sprinklers. 

A Hazmat team was brought in and tests found no hazardous materials in the room, but investigators are calling the situation "suspicious" and say the room's occupant was no where to be found.

One guest told NBC12, she heard footsteps before the fire alarm went off.

"[Someone was] hightailing it down the hall. We're right in front of the elevator near the stairwell, and I heard the stairwell door fly open and hit the wall," she says.

Now police want to talk to that person.

No one was injured by the explosion, but two hotel guests were later taken to the hospital for unrelated injuries. 

Police and the Fire Marshal's Office continue to investigate.