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NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (WPRI) — The preliminary report into a deadly July 30 plane crash on Block Island reveals new information about the circumstances leading up to the accident.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board’s accident investigation team, the pilot of the Piper PA-28-181 and his two passengers left Albany International Airport just before 11 a.m., heading to Block Island for lunch.
Investigators said the pilot reported entering the traffic pattern for runway 10, but initiated a go-around when he saw another plane departing runway 28. He had to initiate another go-around when his second approach brought him too close to the runway. On his third approach, he landed 1,500 feet down the 2,500-foot runway “with full flaps” and applied the brakes when a gust of wind caused the plane’s right wing to lift.
“There was insufficient runway remaining for a go-around, the airplane overran the runway and impacted trees,” the preliminary report reads.
The NTSB also analyzed air traffic control audio that showed the pilot was transmitting his position on the incorrect frequency leading up to the crash, even after he acknowledged previous and repeated instructions to change frequencies.
The plane crashed into an area of thick brush 467 feet from the departure end of the runway, coming to a stop about 640 feet from the end of the runway, according to the preliminary report. The pilot and one passenger were injured, and the other passenger, 77-year-old Daniel P. Wilson, was killed.
The NTSB said in August that it expects to release a final report containing the probable cause and any contributing factors within 12 to 24 months.
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Elizabeth Turley
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