Investigators are examining whether engine failure may have caused a single-engine plane crash on Wednesday in eastern Wake County, after a family member of one of the men on board said the engine stopped working midair.
The sister of one of the occupants told ABC11 that her brother reported the engine stopped working before the plane struck storage tanks and trees and crashed just past the runway at Raleigh East Airport in Knightdale. Officials have not confirmed that account.
“A good pilot kind of melds with their aircraft, and so you can feel the engine’s health. If it stops running, you’ve got to take immediate action,” said John Nance, an ABC News aviation analyst…