William Shrauner died in the crash after the plane slammed into the building shortly after takeoff.
Two people witnessed the aircraft on its takeoff roll, according to the NTSB, with one reporting that it was “going slower” than they had seen during previous takeoffs. “Examination of the airframe revealed no evidence of any anomalies with any of the airplane’s primary or secondary flight control surfaces,” the federal agency said. Trying to take off with the brake set prevents a plane from achieving what’s known as the V1 “commit-to-fly” speed for takeoff. “The parking brake handle in the cockpit, and the respective valve that it controlled, were both found in the brake set position,” the National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report. 2 when the Cessna Citation 560X slammed into the building shortly after takeoff from Robertson Airport in Plainville en route to Manteo, North Carolina. Courtney Haviland, 33, and her husband, Dr. The business jet that crashed into a building in Connecticut, killing all four people on board - a doctor couple from Boston and both pilots - had its brake still in the “set” position at takeoff, according to a preliminary report by the NTSB.ĭr. Two hospitalized after small plane crashes on Texas golf course Plane crashes into tractor-trailer on North Carolina highwayĮight duck hunters, including 4 teens, feared dead in NC plane crash North Carolina Army Reservist dies after plane crashes into truck