{"id":362099,"date":"2010-02-25T11:49:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/report-confirms-plane-crashed-after-hitting-power-lines"},"modified":"2010-02-25T11:49:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:49:30","slug":"report-confirms-plane-crashed-after-hitting-power-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/362099","title":{"rendered":"Report confirms plane crashed after hitting power lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

EAST PALO ALTO, California — The plane carrying three Tesla Motors employees that crashed in a residential area last week had been flying about 50 feet (15 meters) above the ground when it struck power lines and a power line tower, a federal report confirmed late Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report into the Feb. 17, accident did not address what could have caused the aircraft to hit the electrical equipment.<\/p>\n

The Cessna 310R went down in fog in an East Palo Alto neighborhood shortly after takeoff about 8 a.m. All three aboard were killed and the fiery aircaft wreckage damaged homes and cars, but no one on the ground was injured.<\/p>\n

Investigators say a full investigation is expected to be completed in five or six months.<\/p>\n

“Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane struck power lines and a power line tower about 50 feet above ground,” the report said.<\/p>\n

In an apparent reference the fog, it added that “instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight plan was filed.”<\/p>\n

The report included information from people who saw the crash, but did not disclose names.<\/p>\n

“One witness, who was walking on a levee near the accident site reported that she observed an airplane ’suddenly appear from the fog’ left of her position. <\/span>The witness stated that she continued to watch the airplane fly in a level or slightly nose up attitude from her left to her right at a low altitude until it impacted power lines shortly after,” the report said.<\/p>\n

Tesla earlier identified the victims as Doug Bourn, 53, a senior electrical engineer with Tesla; Andrew Ingram, 31, an electrical engineer; and Brian Finn, 42, a senior interactive electronics manager.<\/p>\n

The NTSB said the aircraft was flown by a “commercial pilot” but didn’t further identify him.<\/p>\n

The plane was registered to Air Unique Inc., a company owned by Bourn.<\/p>\n

Vicky Tuite, who worked with Bourn at Tesla before leaving the company in 2008, said he also was a flight instructor and offered a class for aspiring pilots at the company.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article on DailyHerald.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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