NTSB releases preliminary report on Plainville crash
By News Staff
The NTSB has released their preliminary report on the deadly Plainville plane crash last month.
The report backed up initial findings that there was a hole in the crankcase of the engine.
It also states that two additional holes were found in a cylinder connecting rod in the engine.
The one page report also details the pilot’s efforts to land on a nearby highway without engine power.
Witness statements about what they heard before the crash are also included in the report including one witness saying they heard a “low moan buzzing sound.”
Dr. Joseph Kalister, his wife Betty and daughter Nicole, all of Knoxville Tennessee were killed in the crash on June 28 after their plane crashed into a home on Bridle Path.
The family of four living in the house escaped without injury.
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