NTSB: Preliminary report on fatal plane crash could come in 10 business days
FARMINGTON — The investigation continued Saturday into the plane crash Thursday that killed four people who were flying out of Plainville.
An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board was at the Farmington crash scene Saturday morning.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said Saturday that a preliminary report on the crash could be available in about 10 business days.
Mark Morrow, 57, of Danbury, and William O’Leary, 55, were piloting a Cessna Citation 560X Thursday morning that was headed to Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo, N.C. Shortly after taking off from Robertson Airport in Plainville, the plane crashed into a manufacturing center in Farmington. The incident killed Morrow, O’Leary and a couple from Boston, Drs. Courtney Haviland, 33, and William Shrauner, 32.
The couple was headed on a holiday weekend getaway, according to Matthew Mitchell, the senior minister at Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City who is speaking on behalf of the couple’s family.
Haviland, who grew up in Farmington, was a pediatrician while her husband specialized in internal medicine. The couple had a young son and were expecting a girl.
Federal Aviation Administration records show Morrow and O’Leary were licensed pilots in good standing, and had worked as flight instructors.
The twin engine Cessna 560 X crashed into Trumpf Inc. in Farmington around 10:30 a.m. Thursday after taking off from nearby Robertson Airport in Plainville.
NTSB investigators are continuing to document the scene, examine the aircraft and will request air traffic communications, radar data and weather reports, Holloway said.
The investigator will also try to contact any witnesses and will request maintenance records of the aircraft, as well as medical records and flight history of the pilot, Holloway said.
The wreckage could be removed from the area as soon as this weekend. The destroyed aircraft will be moved to a secure facility for further examination, according to Holloway.
Typically, NTSB investigations can take up to two years to complete and determine a cause of a crash, Holloway said.