BOCA RATON, Fla. (WFLA) — One of many pilots of a small plane that crashed in Boca Raton final month reported they have been having a rudder downside and will solely make left turns, in line with a brand new report launched Wednesday.
The fiery April 11 crash close to the Boca Raton Airport left three family members dead: 17-year-old Brooke Stark, her 54-year-old father, Stephen Stark, and 81-year-old grandfather, Robert Stark. The aircraft practically hit a driver because it got here crashing down subsequent to his automobile, however the man survived with solely minor accidents.
Wednesday’s preliminary report from the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) stated the Cessna 310, which was sure for Tallahassee Worldwide Airport, was solely within the air for 11 minutes earlier than it went down.
The aircraft had simply taken off from the Boca Raton Airport in its first flight since having its annual inspection accomplished.
Virtually instantly after takeoff, the aircraft started drifting to the left, the report stated. The aircraft then made a 180-degree left flip, adopted by a sequence of full circle loops.
“In accordance with preliminary air visitors management recordings, one of many pilots reported that they have been having an issue with the airplane’s rudder and that they may solely make left turns,” the NTSB wrote in its report.
The aircraft got here crashing down on its ninth flip, hitting a number of bushes within the median of the street and bursting into flames because it struck a set of railroad tracks. The NTSB stated the fuselage, together with the cockpit, sustained vital injury from the fireplace, and most of it was “consumed.”
The plane’s rudder was discovered close to the crash web site, and the wreckage was retained for additional examination. It might take as much as two years earlier than a last report is launched.
