Post by pavel on Apr 11, 2016 18:44:12 GMT -6
NTSB releases report on fatal plane crash into Lubbock TV tower in 2015
The National Transportation Safety Board released a factual report more than a year after a fatal plane crash killed a Lubbock doctor when his landing route was changed minutes before the accident.
Dr. Mike Rice, a 60-year-old doctor of internal medicine, died when his Piper PA-46 airplane collided with KCBD-TV tower’s guy wires at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, 2015, while approaching Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
The report, released Thursday, included a review of air traffic control transcripts and radar data that shows Rice was approaching a runway when the controller cancelled clearance for the approach due to spacing and “issued a heading change off of the approach course.”
Lubbock Air Traffic Control Tower communications records show Rice first contacted them at 7:07 p.m., when he was at an altitude of 16,700 feet, descending to 14,000 ft.
Read more: lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2016-04-11/ntsb-releases-report-fatal-plane-crash-lubbock-tv-tower-2015
The National Transportation Safety Board released a factual report more than a year after a fatal plane crash killed a Lubbock doctor when his landing route was changed minutes before the accident.
Dr. Mike Rice, a 60-year-old doctor of internal medicine, died when his Piper PA-46 airplane collided with KCBD-TV tower’s guy wires at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, 2015, while approaching Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
The report, released Thursday, included a review of air traffic control transcripts and radar data that shows Rice was approaching a runway when the controller cancelled clearance for the approach due to spacing and “issued a heading change off of the approach course.”
Lubbock Air Traffic Control Tower communications records show Rice first contacted them at 7:07 p.m., when he was at an altitude of 16,700 feet, descending to 14,000 ft.
Read more: lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2016-04-11/ntsb-releases-report-fatal-plane-crash-lubbock-tv-tower-2015