NTSB releases preliminary report on Collegedale plane crash

WASHINGTON D.C. (WDEF) – The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board finds no obvious cause for the plane crash that killed three people and seriously injured another at the Collegedale Airport on June 11th.

The weather was clear, and there were no apparent mechanical problems they could find in the wreckage.

The plane took off from Hollywood, Florida and crashed while attempting to land at Collegedale.

The report includes the eyewitness account of a flight instructor of the crash.

The single engine plane went into a dive while while banking.

According to the report, “He observed the accident airplane in a climbing left turn, near the departure end of runway 3, approximately 80 to 100 feet above the ground. The airplane then made a steep 45 to 60 degree bank to the right, with a nose high attitude. As it progressed through the turn, the airplane’s nose dropped and it began a slow 270 degree rotation at a high decent rate.”

A portable GPS receiver was recovered from the wreckage and has been sent to the NTSB lab in Washington to recover the information of the flight.