The private jet crashed in San Diego last month killed all six people and flew too far before crashing into a power line and being hit by the home, investigators said Wednesday.
According to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, the plane reached a descent point about three miles from the runway, about three miles away, before it dropped to 60 feet above the ground. The power line that the plane hit was about 90 feet above the ground and about 1.8 nautical miles from the runway.
According to an NTSB report, the plane’s left horizontal stabilizer and some of its vertical stabilizers were later discovered about 200 feet below the power line. The plane was then slammed into a nearby San Diego neighborhood home.
Authorities work at a crash site in San Diego on May 22nd.
(Gregory Bull/AP)
The crash victims were minor injuries: rock drummer Daniel Williams, music agent Dave Shapiro, booking Emma L. Hark, 25, photographer Serena Marie Rose Kenyon, 35, and eight people on the ground, investigators said.
Shapiro was flying a Cessna quote jet from Teterboro, New Jersey on May 22, according to a four-page NTSB report.
The automated system providing weather conditions and runway lighting was not working at the airport before the plane collided, the report confirmed.
The NTSB report said the pilot told the Control Tower that the system providing weather information knows that its fees are insufficient. The NTSB report said the pilots asked air traffic controllers to help determine weather conditions at Montgomery Gibbs’ executive airport. Instead, the report said the controller gave the pilots weather conditions for Miramar, Marine Corps Air Station, about four miles north.
The report also said the runway lighting system had not been working since March 28, 2022, and repairs were delayed waiting for the completion of the environmental investigation.
The preliminary report does not discuss conclusions or misconduct, nor does it say when the final report is expected to be released.
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