![]() Investigators will look at when the pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew the path that it did, Gerhardt said. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the victims included the pilot and three passengers but didn’t release their names. ![]() ![]() The Virginia State Police issued a statement saying that because of the severity of the crash, human remains will be transported to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy and identification. The plane is not required to have a flight recorder but it is possible that there are other avionics equipment that will have data that they can examine, Gerhardt said. Speaking at a briefing Monday morning, NTSB investigator Adam Gerhardt said the wreckage is “highly fragmented” and investigators will examine the most delicate evidence at the site, after which the wreckage will be moved, perhaps by helicopter, to Delaware, where it can be further examined. They expect to be on the scene for at least three to four days. It took investigators several hours to hike into the rural area near the community of Montebello, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Charlottesville, said NTSB spokesperson Eric Weiss. Remote terrain around the crash site posed major challenges to the investigation. This caused a sonic boom heard in Washington, Maryland and Virginia. It seems the pilot thought they were climbing when in fact they were descending.Ĭontroller2: And then what are you going to do when you get to altitude?Ĭontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray, you’re still too low-level for a flight following at this time.Ĭontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray, SoCal.The New York-bound plane took an erratic flight path - inexplicably, turning around over Long Island to fly directly over the nation’s capital - which prompted the military to scramble fighter jets. Pilot: Um climbing to 4000, 2 Echo X-ray Īt 17:45:23 the helicopter is descending at more than 2000 fpm according to ADS-B. The final left turn and descent start around 17:45:10Ĭontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray,, say intentions?Īt 17:45:20 the helicopter is descending at more than 1000 fpm according to ADS-B. Pilot: Uh, Southwest of Van Nuys, 2 Echo X-RayĬontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray, IDENTĬontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray, yeah, you’re following 1200 code. Pilot: SoCal for Helicopter 2 Echo X-ray, we gotta go ahead and start our climb to go above the layers and we can stay with you.Ĭontroller2: 2 Echo X-ray, where are ya? Pilot: Ok, we squawk VFR, 2 Echo X-RayĬontroller1/2: Īt 17:44:30 The helicopter starts the final ascent. I'm going to lose RADAR an, uh, comms with you probably pretty shortly, so you’re going to squawk VFR and, uh, when you get closer, go to Camarillo tower. Pilot: Yes sir, low altitude, 2 Echo X-Ray.Ĭontroller1: 2 Echo X-Ray, Roger. You just going to stay down low at that, for all the way to Camarillo? Pilot: SoCal, Helicopter 7 2 Echo X-Ray with you transitioning in VFR conditions at one thousand five hundred to Camarillo.Ĭontroller1: Helicopter 7 2 Echo X-Ray SaCal Approach, Roger. The FAA sent me a DVD of audio from SoCal Arrival on 134.2 that I obtained by submitting a Freedom of Information Act request, and I have time aligned it with my crash reconstruction of N72EX. ![]()
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