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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 3 July 2019

NTSB: Crew spoke of engine trouble before deadly Texas crash

Associated Press old Mary Martha Titus.
DALLAS (AP) — Seconds be- Cassady had the same
fore a small plane crashed type of advanced license
at a suburban Dallas air- required of airline pilots,
port, killing all 10 people on and was licensed to fly sev-
board, the crew comment- eral types of turboprops
ed on a problem with the and jets including planes
left engine, federal officials made by Beechcraft, Gulf-
said Tuesday. stream and Learjet, ac-
The Beechcraft BE-350 cording to federal records.
King Air struggled to gain Palmer had a commercial
altitude before veering to pilot's license, which would
the left and crashing into a have let him work on flights
hangar Sunday morning at with paying passengers.
the Addison Municipal Air- The Catholic Diocese of
port, killing a family of four, Dallas says the Ellards were
two couples and two crew married and Ornella was
members, witnesses and the mother of Alice and
authorities said. Dylan Maritato.
A cockpit voice recorder Mary Titus, who was mar-
captured the pilots' ap- ried to John Titus, was a
parent confusion as the league director for Tennis
plane headed down the Competitors of Dallas, said
runway, Bruce Landsberg, Jinky Hicks, the group's pre-
vice chairman of the Na- siding director. She said five
tional Transportation Safety other members of the ten-
Board, said Tuesday at a nis organization were also
news conference. on the plane.
Four seconds later, the pi- Stephen Thelen was a man-
lots indicated there was a aging director for Chicago-
problem with the left en- based real estate compa-
gine, Landsberg said. After ny JLL, working in its Dallas
another five seconds, three office, the company said. Bruce Landsberg, vice chair of NTSB, gives remarks during a press conference in Million Air Dallas
alarms sounded, warning He was married to Gina terminal at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas on Tuesday, July 2, 2019.
pilots that the plane was Thelan. Associated Press
banked too sharply to one Technical experts will re-
side. The recording end- view the cockpit record- data recorder, which tracks dissembled for closer ex- at the crash site Wednes-
ed moments later, about ing in Washington and pro- the performance of virtu- amination. She said the day afternoon. Investiga-
a minute after the crew duce a transcript, which ally every system on board. main part of the fuselage tors continued to scour the
members were cleared for the NTSB will release along Federal investigators will was destroyed but a piece airport Tuesday as Addison
takeoff on their route to St. with other reports from its rely on physical evidence of the tail assembly "larger prepares for its Indepen-
Petersburg, Florida. investigation, Landsberg at the crash site, video, ra- than I am" survived. She dence Day fireworks dis-
Dallas County officials said. dar information and witness said investigators will try to play and airshow.
identified the victims as: NTSB investigators said they accounts to determine the piece together, like a puz- The damaged hangar is
71-year-old Howard Hale don't know yet if the cap- cause of the crash. zle, parts of the wings. "well beyond the fallout
Cassady, 52-year-old Brian tain or co-pilot was flying Officials had indicated that Investigators have video area" of the Wednesday
Mark Ellard, 45-year-old the plane. The board is re- the plane was almost com- from four cameras, includ- night pyrotechnics, said
Ornella Ellard, 15-year-old viewing records for both, in- pletely destroyed in the fire, ing two positioned at the town spokeswoman Mary
Alice Giovanna Maritato, cluding their recent flights. but they said Tuesday that end of the runway. Rosenbleeth.
13-year-old Dylan Rocco The NTSB interviewed a pi- they'll be able to analyze The NTSB said the airplane The event will include a
Maritato, 28-year-old Mat- lot who flew with the cap- significant parts. had been topped off with message of thanks to the
thew John Palmer, 57-year- tain several weeks ago and Lead NTSB investigator Jen- fuel before takeoff. The police and firefighters who
old Gina Cunningham Thel- reported nothing unusual, nifer Rodi said both en- crash created a plume of responded to the crash
en, 58-year-old Stephen officials said. gines and their propeller thick, black smoke. and a moment of silence
Lee Thelen, 61-year-old The private plane was not assemblies were recovered NTSB officials said they ex- to recognize the victims,
John Leo Titus, and 60-year- required to have a flight Monday and were being pect to wrap up their work Rosenbleeth said.q