NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On NASCAR Plane Crash
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Tuesday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report detailing the deadly plane crash in Sanford 2 weeks ago. The report showed there was likely a problem in the right wing.
Exactly two weeks after a NASCAR owned Cessna 310 crashed into a residential neighborhood in Sanford; the NTSB said they have some insight into what may have caused the plane to go down.
A preliminary report revealed all major components to the plane were found in the wreckage. The right and left engines showed no obvious pre-impact mechanical malfunctions. However, the report did say that numerous separations in the control cables in the right wing and forward fuselage portions exhibited signatures typical of tension overload.
The preliminary results of the investigation also confirm the crew reported smoke in the ****pit just minutes after they made it to cruising altitude. They were cleared to make an emergency landing at Orlando-Sanford International Airport.
Permission was given at 8:32 in the morning. Twenty-five seconds later the crew tried to talk to air traffic control. But they cut off in mid sentence.
The small engine plane first hit a group of trees in the eastern most part of the Lakes at Monroe subdivision. Most of the wreckage was scattered near the first home it hit; about 270-feet away.
The NTSB said they can't determine where the fire started, but electrical parts from the plane were still being examined.
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Kennedy's Plane Had Broken Control Cables: A twin-engine NASCAR plane had broken control cables and its crew reported smoke in the ****pit before crashing into a suburban neighborhood and killing five people. However, it was unknown whether the cables broke in flight or after impact, and the cause of the July 10 crash in Sanford remained unclear, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. Numerous separations in the cables in the right wing and forward fuselage of the Cessna 310 showed signs of tension overload, according to the report.(Associated Press)
The Wire
SANFORD, Fla. -- Tuesday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report detailing the deadly plane crash in Sanford 2 weeks ago. The report showed there was likely a problem in the right wing.
Exactly two weeks after a NASCAR owned Cessna 310 crashed into a residential neighborhood in Sanford; the NTSB said they have some insight into what may have caused the plane to go down.
A preliminary report revealed all major components to the plane were found in the wreckage. The right and left engines showed no obvious pre-impact mechanical malfunctions. However, the report did say that numerous separations in the control cables in the right wing and forward fuselage portions exhibited signatures typical of tension overload.
The preliminary results of the investigation also confirm the crew reported smoke in the ****pit just minutes after they made it to cruising altitude. They were cleared to make an emergency landing at Orlando-Sanford International Airport.
Permission was given at 8:32 in the morning. Twenty-five seconds later the crew tried to talk to air traffic control. But they cut off in mid sentence.
The small engine plane first hit a group of trees in the eastern most part of the Lakes at Monroe subdivision. Most of the wreckage was scattered near the first home it hit; about 270-feet away.
The NTSB said they can't determine where the fire started, but electrical parts from the plane were still being examined.
And…
Kennedy's Plane Had Broken Control Cables: A twin-engine NASCAR plane had broken control cables and its crew reported smoke in the ****pit before crashing into a suburban neighborhood and killing five people. However, it was unknown whether the cables broke in flight or after impact, and the cause of the July 10 crash in Sanford remained unclear, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. Numerous separations in the cables in the right wing and forward fuselage of the Cessna 310 showed signs of tension overload, according to the report.(Associated Press)