December 27, 2006By Staff, wire reports
MORGANTOWN — Two women were killed Tuesday afternoon when a plane registered to a Morgantown business crashed in Pennsylvania.
The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna 414 was headed from Morgantown to Teterboro, N.J., a 43-minute flight. She reported ice accumulated on the plane before crashing at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman.
The victims’ names were not being released pending family notification. The plane was registered to Wharf Place LLC, which owns the new Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown. It took off about 3:20 p.m. According to flightaware.com, a Web site that tracks flights, the pilot was supposed to leave at 2:40 p.m., but was delayed. From there, the plane was slated to go to Oakland, Mich. Cambria County Coroner Dennis Kwiatkowski said the plane was a medical flight headed to New Jersey to pick up a patient. The passenger on the plane was a nurse.
Investigators said they don’t know what happened to the propeller-driven plane. “The plane was down and on fire right away,” said Deputy Chief Wes Meyers of the Richland (Pa.) Fire Department, just outside Johnstown. The National Transportation Safety Board will begin its full investigation this morning, said Chief Richard L. Barlett of the Richland Police Department.
William Willett, of Daisytown, Pa. was driving near the runway when he noticed the plane coming toward his car. “It was way too low, and it was kind of rocking,’’ Willett told The Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown. “It then veered up and turned wildly. ... I was still looking at it and I saw the plane go straight down.’’
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