VIENNA, Ohio (WOIO) - The National Transportation Safety Board released the preliminary report Tuesday involving a plane crash that killed three July 19.
Investigators report the plane, a Beech B-60, was heading towards the Columbus International Airport.
About 50 miles northeast of Youngstown/Warren Regional Airport (YNG), Vienna Center, Ohio, the pilot informed air traffic control that the airplane’s left engine had lost power and he could not maintain altitude. The arrival east radar controller (YNG tower) offered information on close by airports; however, the pilot requested YNG and its longer, 9,003-ft-long runway.
National Transportation Safety Board
The report says the plane began descending as it approached the runway, and got close to the ground at 131 miles per hour. Officials say the airplane turned left going 95 miles per hour, touching down a quarter mile west of the runway.
A witness told investigators he saw the plane approach ground level, but pitched up rapidly to the left at the end of the runway before descending out of his field of vision.
Officials say the pilot had both Canadian and U.S. federal Aviation Administration private pilot certificates.
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