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November 15, 2010 – On Thursday at 6:05 PM, Florida
Institute of Technology pilot training facility, FIT
Aviation, aircraft, a Piper PA-44-180 Seminole, N883FT,
carrying four onboard crashed just after takeoff at The NTSB lead investigator Ralph “Butch” Wilson reported the Piper Seminole’s left engine failed on takeoff as a result of the engine not getting any fuel. When "corrective action" wasn't taken quickly enough, the pilots lost control.
"There are things that the pilots could have done, if
they had reacted quickly, that might have helped the end
result," The aircraft crashed about two minutes after takeoff, the twin-engine plane's right wing struck the ground, cartwheel and caught on fire killing three of the four passengers at the time of the crash and on Saturday the fourth passenger died at St. Mary’s Medical Center. The Florida Institute of Technology aircraft was on a training flight in which the pilot and his instructor and passengers flew to the Bahamas and returned back to the states landing at Palm Beach International Airport to refuel and to go through customs and was headed back to their home base, Melbourne International Airport. The pilot Kristopher Henegar and flight instructor Dheni "Jenny" Frembling where at the controls on takeoff. Frembling reported to air traffic control just after departure that the left engine was not working. Shortly after that transmission the aircraft crashed. |
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Onboard
were pilot Kristopher Joy Henegar, age 22, of
Kristopher’s brother, Kyle Henegar, age 26 of
Dheni
“Jenny” Teresa Frembling, age 26, from |
Jordyn Leigh
Agostini, age 21, girlfriend to Kristopher was from Broomall, |
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