Witnesses said the aircraft “rolled” and then “bucked” as its nose “dipped down initially' and then pitched up “quickly,” before it went down, a preliminary NTSB report said.
Authorities in Luzerne County said the two-seat aircraft came down in mid-afternoon on Oct. 29 in Hanover Township.
Authorities in Luzerne County said the two-seat aircraft came down shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Hanover Township about 100 feet from where children were on a hayride at Dorian’s Farm. No one on the ground was injured but the pilot and a passenger in the plane were killed. At his suggestion, the friend took a 10-minute flight in the plane and “reported that he noticed the odd yawing moment in the turns.” The pilot “responded that he would address the issue ‘this winter,” investigators said in the report.
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