A small plane bound for Jamaica to help with hurricane relief efforts wasn’t weighed before it crashed in a Coral Springs neighborhood, killing a father and daughter in November, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report Wednesday.
The crash that killed 53-year-old Alexander Wurm and his 22-year-old daughter, Serena Wurm, happened the morning of Nov. 10.
Alexander Wurm was a well-known pastor in the Cayman Islands, where he founded the Ignite the Fire church. His ministry was devoted to helping those in need, often flying supplies to communities in crisis.
According to the NTSB, the plane, a Beechcraft King Air B100, was scheduled to make a round-trip flight, departing from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and returning the same day.
Relief supplies not weighed once loaded on plane
About an hour before the fatal incident, a local church group arrived with relief supplies, which included a generator, multiple boxes of tarpaulins, electric tools, screws and flashlights…