NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Fatal Rock Falls Beech Bonanza Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on the fatal plane crash that occurred in Rock Falls, Illinois, on March 15. The pilot, Kostas "Dino" Vournas, was the sole occupant and was killed in the accident. The report states that shortly after taking off from Whiteside County Airport, the pilot reported a problem and intended to return. Witnesses observed the Beech A36 Bonanza in a "nose-low, right-wing-low descent" before it impacted a field. The NTSB's preliminary findings do not yet assign a probable cause for the crash.
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