![]() ![]() NBC News reported that the Cessna Citation belongs to John and Barbara Rumpel from Melbourne, Florida. ![]() State police said none survived the crash. ![]() The plane's owner told NBC News that four people were on board. "NORAD attempted to establish contact with the pilot until the aircraft crashed." "The pilot was unresponsive, and the Cessna subsequently crashed near the George Washington National Forest, Virginia," the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement. The fighter jets did not cause the plane to go down, the defense official added. The FAA said the Cessna later "crashed into mountainous terrain in a sparsely populated area of southwest Virginia" after it had dropped off radar and created a sonic boom in the area near the nation's capital, with video on social media showing how the sound and shockwave startled people from Baltimore to Fredericksburg, Virginia. The pilot did not respond to radio calls, and jet pilots tried using flares to get the pilot's attention, but with no luck. A defense official told NBC News that NORAD F-16s scrambled, began shadowing the plane and saw the pilot onboard was incapacitated. The Cessna flew directly over northwest D.C. All rights reserved.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox. Christian Kath’s body was never found.Ĭopyright 2023 WWSB. Christian Kath, 42 his wife, Misty Kath, 43, and their daughter Lily, 12 were killed. A preliminary report notes it was a dark night over dark water and that the pilot was relatively inexperienced. 3, 2022: Three people died when a Piper Warrior crashed in the Gulf shortly after takeoff. The pilot and passenger were not injured.ĭec. The plane hit and killed a father and daughter wading in the water. July 27, 2014: Two people collecting sharks teeth at Caspersan Beach were killed when a Piper Cherokee lost engine power and attempted a forced landing in shallow water near the beach. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of power in the left engine due to a failed No. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a single-engine approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. While trying to return to the airport, the plane crashed into the ground 800 feet from the runway. ![]() 26, 2011: One person died when the Aero Commander lost power in one engine. March 24, 2008: One person died when a Piper Cherokee crashed into the Gulf on a dark night. 15, 2005: One person died in crash in the Gulf in a homebuilt KR2: Probable cause: Undetermined. A related factor was the night conditions. Probable cause: The pilot’s in-flight loss of control during takeoff/initial climb over the water at night due to spatial disorientation. March 30, 2005: Two people died in a night crash in the Gulf in a Commander 114B. “Failure of the pilot to recover from an improper landing flare resulting in his failure to maintain airspeed, an inadvertent stall, loss of control, and inflight collision with terrain during an uncontrolled descent.” May 20, 2004: One person died in a Piper Cherokee Six when he stalled the aircraft while trying to land. “Spatial disorientation of the flight crew during the dark night and their failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in the uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with trees and terrain. Inspection of the wreckage revealed the fuel vent line was obstructed with an insect nest. Witnesses said the engine was sputtering before the crash hit trees. 17, 2004: A flight instructor and a student pilot died in a Cessna 150. They were intending on returning to Albert Whitted Airport in St. and crashed into the Gulf soon after takeoff. They left Venice Airport at approximately 9:35 p.m. The occupants met with friends and had dinner at Sharky’s On the Pier restaurant. The two couples had flown to Venice from St. A photo posted by Flight Aware noted that the plane was named “The Patty Ann.” Confirmed dead were two Indiana couples, William and Patricia Lumpkin from Fishers, Indiana, and Rickey and Elizabethe Beaver of Noblesville, Indiana. Crews spent Thursday removing pieces of the plane from the water.Īccording to police, the plane crashed in the Gulf about a half-mile from the Venice Fishing Pier after leaving Venice Municipal Airport around 9:30 p.m. Venice Police are working along with Florida Fish and Wildlife officers, the U.S Coast Guard and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. (WWSB) - Four people have died after a plane crashed in the Gulf Wednesday night after taking off from Venice Municipal Airport.Įmergency crews were continuing to comb the debris field west of the Venice Fishing Pier. ![]()
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