Tag Archives: Plane crashes

Pilot was likely distracted before crash that killed 8 off North Carolina’s coast, investigators say

BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed off North Carolina’s coast in 2022, killing the pilot, four teens and three other adults, was likely distracted while trying to program the aircraft’s flight management system after takeoff, according to a final report from federal investigators. The pilot likely failed to monitor the aircraft’s speed as the …

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3 killed as a small plane crashes into a Florida mobile home

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — About 10 people had enjoyed a day of golf and were having drinks inside a woman’s mobile home moments before a small plane crashed and obliterated the property, an eyewitness said Friday. The pilot and two people on the ground were killed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The last of the guests had lingered to finish …

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