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March 29, 2007

NTSB: Pilot error led to fatal 2005 crash that killed 6

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Federal investigators are blaming pilot error for a plane crash two years ago that killed six members of two prominent Rhode Island families in Pennsylvania.

The National Transportation Safety Board says pilot Jeffrey Jacober of Providence failed to maintain enough speed to avoid stalling while trying to land the plane March 26, 2005.

Everyone aboard died, including Jacober's wife and son and three members of the Weingeroff family.

In a report this week, the NTSB says Jacober also appeared to have failed to switch to instrument approach mode, which would have allowed the autopilot to lock onto the instrument landing system.

The families were headed from Florida to watch another Jacober son play in a lacrosse game at Penn State University.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 12:15 PM | Permalink

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