AKRON, Ohio — Two weeks after two men were killed when their plane crashed into an Akron home, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report on the incident.
The four-page report provided a timeline of events involving the aircraft in the days leading up to the May 14 crash that took the lives of David Garcia and Colin Albee, plus a review of the flight data and wreckage.
WHAT THE REPORT SHOWS
The Piper PA-28-180 aircraft arrived at Akron Fulton Airport (AKR) on May 11 for the purpose of conducting flight training over several days, according to the airport’s manager.
Garcia and Albee flew the following day for just over three hours. On May 13, officials say a mechanic serviced the plane, “performed an engine run and conducted a flight in the airport traffic pattern before landing and parking the airplane overnight.”…