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NTSB publishes the preliminary report on the aircraft, which killed six in Columbia County

The aircraft crash route according to the investigators

policeman – Federal promotion of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) created a preliminary report on the fatal aircraft crash, in which six were killed on April 12th. The authorities report that there were several aviation warnings at the time of the crash, including windscher and icing on a low level.

On April 15, Mid-Hudson News reported This Michael, Jared and Karenna Goff, Joy Saini, Alex Couyutas Duarate and James Santoro died in the crash.

The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 turbo plane, crashed near Copake in Columbia County after the pilot had reported a missed approach in a cloudy weather and was later lost from the radar.

The authorities found that the Heck number N635ta aircraft had expired from the West Chestern County Airport in White Plains at 11:34 a.m. after Columbia County Airport in Hudson, NY, after the preliminary report that the pilot is flying according to the instrument rules of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The aircraft reached a height of 16,000 feet before it began in Hudson Valley to her destination in the direction of her goal. The pilot had received the release for a GPS approach for the runway 3 and then reported to carry out a missed approach at 11:58 a.m. to apply for another attempt. Air traffic controllers fixed the aircraft back to the first approach in 4,000 feet, but lost the radar and radio contact with the plane at around 12:03 p.m.

A short time later, the aircraft fell from the airport in snow -covered terrain about 10 nautical miles and killed the pilot and five passengers.

The surveillance cameras film material from the Columbia County sheriff office showed that the twin aircraft rose steeply from a low cloudy layer of clouds in front of the impact. The engine noises were audible throughout the recording, according to the report. At this time, the weather conditions included a ceiling of 400 feet and a visibility of seven miles. Several aviation warnings were active in the area, including for flight conditions with low level, icing and instruments.

The NTSB said that wrecks were scattered from the plane within a radius of 150 feet. The aircraft was destroyed, but do not catch fire or exploded. The investigators found that all important components were at the crash site. The fuselage was very fragmented and the wings remained bound, but strapped. The debris was removed from the scene for further analysis.

The NTSB and the FAA continue their examination of the crash, including the further analysis of the flight data and the weather conditions.

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