A small private jet travelling from Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) to Hot Springs-Ingalls Field, VA (HSP/KHSP) crashed into woods in Virginia and burst into flames, killing all five people on board.
The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs, Virginia, around 3 p.m. on Sunday the 10th of March, Virginia State Police said in a statement. The plane was short on its approach to the runway and burst into flames after crashing into a hillside.
The five dead included the pilot, first officer, and three passengers—a man, a woman, and a young boy, likely aged 5 to 7 years old, according to the state police. Their remains were sent to the Virginia Office of the Medical Examiner for identification.
The plane had taken off from Fort Lauderdale in south Florida. The passengers were set to attend an event at the nearby Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, the plane owner’s attorney and family friend told WSLS, a local NBC affiliate.
Jeff Ford, chairman of the Bath County Airport Authority, told WSLS that an onboard emergency prompted the attempted landing at Ingalls. The airport is now closed.
The state police are working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to investigate. The NTSB will lead the inquiry and issue updates, the FAA said.
The pilot made an emergency call to John C. Tune Airport around 7:40 p.m., saying he had engine trouble. He was cleared for an emergency landing, the Metro Nashville Police Department said. A short time later, he radioed that the aircraft would not make it to the runway.
The plane burst into flames when it crashed in a grassy median just off Interstate 40 and behind a Costco on the city’s west side. The crash scene was about three miles south of the general aviation airport.
Authorities were working to determine where the plane, which was based at Brampton Flight Centre, near Toronto, Ontario, originated.
There were no injuries to drivers on the interstate, the Nashville Fire Department said.
The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs, Virginia, around 3 p.m. on Sunday the 10th of March, Virginia State Police said in a statement. The plane was short on its approach to the runway and burst into flames after crashing into a hillside.
The five dead included the pilot, first officer, and three passengers—a man, a woman, and a young boy, likely aged 5 to 7 years old, according to the state police. Their remains were sent to the Virginia Office of the Medical Examiner for identification.
The plane had taken off from Fort Lauderdale in south Florida. The passengers were set to attend an event at the nearby Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, the plane owner’s attorney and family friend told WSLS, a local NBC affiliate.
Jeff Ford, chairman of the Bath County Airport Authority, told WSLS that an onboard emergency prompted the attempted landing at Ingalls. The airport is now closed.
The state police are working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to investigate. The NTSB will lead the inquiry and issue updates, the FAA said.
Aircraft Information:
Owner / Operator: Sky Jet Elite
Aircraft: IAI 1125 Astra SP
Registration: N1125A
Serial Number: 051First Flew: 14/05/1991
Age: 33 Years
It was the second, five-fatality incident within a week, following the crash of a small plane crash in Tennessee on the 5th of March. In this instance a single-engine Piper PA 32 crashed near a highway in Nashville, Tennessee, just a few miles short of the airport it had tried to reach for an emergency landing. Five people aboard—all members of a Canadian family—were killed.
The pilot made an emergency call to John C. Tune Airport around 7:40 p.m., saying he had engine trouble. He was cleared for an emergency landing, the Metro Nashville Police Department said. A short time later, he radioed that the aircraft would not make it to the runway.
The plane burst into flames when it crashed in a grassy median just off Interstate 40 and behind a Costco on the city’s west side. The crash scene was about three miles south of the general aviation airport.
Authorities were working to determine where the plane, which was based at Brampton Flight Centre, near Toronto, Ontario, originated.
There were no injuries to drivers on the interstate, the Nashville Fire Department said.
Aircraft Information:
Owner / Operator: Lead'Air
Aircraft: Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee
Registration: XT-AWA
Serial Number: 32-793Engines: Lycoming O-540-K1A5
First Flew: 1966
Age: 58 Years
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF BOTH CRASHES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
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