![]() on Saturday in the 17100 block of Groschke. Investigators say the deadly accident happened at about 10:30 p.m. ![]() HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - A pilot was killed after a single-engine aircraft flew into power lines and crash-landed upside down near the West Houston Airport, according to DPS. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.A student pilot is dead after a single-engine aircraft flew into power lines near the West Houston Airport and crashed, landing upside down. It crashed in an open grass field about 0.3 miles (0.48 kilometers) from the Lansing-area airport.įour of the six passengers were headed to work as contractors for the Lansing Board of Water & Light’s Delta Energy Park, a natural gas-fired power plant that began operating in March, the Lansing State Journal reported.Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. The plane had departed from Indy South Greenwood Airport near Indianapolis. The pilot Joel Stewart Beavins, 48, and Timothy Joe Clark, 67, both of Franklin, Indiana John Thomas Lowe, 51, of Greenwood, Indiana Neil Alan Sego, 46, of Trafalgar, Indiana and Zechariah Eugene Bennett, 27, of Plainfield, Indiana.Ī sixth passenger, Aaron Levi Blackford, 42, of Frankton, Indiana, survived the crash but suffered severe injuries. “The altitude and airspeed trends during the final moments of the flight were consistent with the airplane entering an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude,” according to the NTSB's report. Investigators also said the plane was more than 200 pounds (91 kilograms) overweight and its load was too far back in the aircraft, contributing to it being difficult to control. The report, issued Wednesday, said that at the time of the crash the single-engine Socata TBM 700 had slowed to just 74 knots, below the manufacturer’s specified approach speed of 85 knots. 3, 2019, crash that the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during his final approach to the Capital Region International Airport, near Lansing. ![]() The National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report on the Oct. – Federal investigators blame pilot error and an overloaded aircraft for a 2019 plane crash near a Michigan airport that killed five Indiana men and seriously injured a sixth person aboard. ![]()
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