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.
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Date:
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28-JUN-2015
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Time:
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17:45
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Type:
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Owner/operator:
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Island Airways Inc
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Registration:
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N5626D
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C/n / msn:
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E-2547
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Fatalities:
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Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
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Other fatalities:
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0
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Airplane damage:
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Written off (damaged beyond repair)
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Location:
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Plainville, MA -
United
States of America |
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Phase:
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En route
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Nature:
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Unknown
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Departure airport:
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Lancaster (KLNS)
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Destination airport:
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Norwood Meml (KOWD)
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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.
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.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177393
http://m.wcvb.com/news/plane-crashes-into-plainville-house-causes-fire/33820666
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/28/photos-from-scene-plane-crash-plainville/FK25hUSsBY7LzglvE2BC3M/story.html?pic=1
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5626D
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5626D/history/20150628/2000Z/KLNS/KOWD