NTSB: Light plane hit tree near Rainier, Ore.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
RAINIER, Ore. (AP) -- A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggests that a light plane that crashed near Rainier, Ore., collided with a tall tree. Both the flight instructor and a 17-year-old student aboard that plane died.
The Daily News of Longview reports (http://is.gd/kvyVhQ ) that an NTSB report released Thursday suggests the aircraft hit a tree about three miles north of Goble.
A final report isn't expected for several months.
The crash apparently happened at about 5:30 p.m. on March 14. The plane had departed from Pearson Airport in Vancouver.
Killed were 47-year-old flight instructor Todd Norrish of Camas and student pilot Jimmy Kravets of Vancouver. The preliminary report does not say who was flying the plane.
The report says a portion of the right wing was found at the tree while the rest of the damaged plane was found nose-down about 200 feet away in a field.
The single-engine Cessna 150 was owned and operated by Aero Maintenance Flight Center of Vancouver.
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Information from: The Daily News, http://www.tdn.com
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