- Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at Douglas Elliman
- Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at Douglas Elliman
- Former COO (chief operating officer) at Credit Suisse
- Studied at University of Florida
- Lives in Manhasset, New York
Pilot Dr. Michael Graver, 65, and his wife Jodi Cohen, 52,of New York were killed after they crashed their Columbia LC41-550FG plane in a wooded area East of Laurence G Hanscom Field Airport (KBED), Bedford, MA
September 15, 2018
WOBURN, Mass. —
A husband and wife died died Saturday morning when their small plane crashed behind a home in a wooded area in Woburn.
Officials identified the victims as 65-year-old Dr. L. Michael Graver and 52-year-old Jodi Cohen. He is a surgeon employed at Northwell Health at the The Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030 .
Jodi Cohen was a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at Douglas Elliman.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan describes Graver was a "very experienced pilot" who co-owned the 2016 plane.
She says the couple departed from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, at around 9:30 a.m. and had been heading to Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Bedford.
The airport is about four miles from the crash site.
First responders said there was a large fire when the first firefighters arrived at the scene.
Neighbors described hearing an explosion that “sounded like the end of the world," then a large fire.
“This was bigger and badder, like there had been an accident,” a woman who declined to be named told Wicked Local. “Everybody’s house shook as far as Parker Street.”
Robert Miguel was working in the yard at his sister’s home on Grace Road when he heard the plane’s sputtering engine.
“Then there was nothing, just silence,” he said. “Then boom.”
Miguel ran to the area where he believed the plane came down, halfway between two houses off of Henderson Drive. He saw black smoke rising up and several fires on the ground. He saw a wheel, and part of the fuselage with the plane’s identifying numbers, he said. The smell of gas was in the air.”
“We were calling out, but there was no response,” he said. “It is very tough to see a loss of life.”
There were no reported injuries on the ground.
The FAA identified the plane as a Columbia Aircraft LC41. The agency was enroute to the scene to begin the investigation.
BREAKING: A plane has crashed behind this house on Minchin Dr in Woburn. #wcvb pic.twitter.com/b5MbKp1X2M— David Bienick (@BienickWCVB) September 15, 2018
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| Pilot Dr. L. Michael Graver, 65, and his wife Jodi Cohen, 52, of Manhasset, New York were killed after they crashed and smashed to pieces their Columbia LC41-550FG plane in a wooded area East of Laurence G Hanscom Field Airport (KBED), Bedford, MA |
SMALL PLANES, HUGE RISKS
Narrative:
The aircraft impacted wooded terrain and was destroyed by the impact forces under unknown circumstances, there was a post-crash fire. The both occupants, a couple from NY, were fatally injured.
Sources:
https://www.wcvb.com/article/small-plane-crashes-into-woods-in-woburn/23234064
http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/09/15/one-dead-plane-crash-woburn
https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/2_dead_in_woburn_plane_crash.html
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minchin+Dr,+Woburn,+MA+01801/@42.454431,-71.182175,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e375fb438db9d5:0x957a7b52dffb6e17?hl=en-us&gl=us
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2536T
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N2536T
Date: 15-SEP-2018
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Type:
Columbia LC41-550FG
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: N2536T
C/n / msn: 41594
Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: East of Laurence G Hanscom Field Airport (KBED), Bedford, MA -
United States of America Phase: Approach
Nature: Unknown
Departure airport: Republic (KFRG)
Destination airport: Hanscom Field (KBED)