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(-23) THE ANGEL FLIGHT USING THE CALL SIGN 'ANGEL FLIGHT 15D" FOR THE NE, WAS TO FLY A CANCER PATIENT AND HIS WIFE FROM FOK TO BOS. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY KNOWS THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE WHO IS NOT A PILOT, AND HE (PILOT) WAS REPORTEDLY AUTHORIZED TO USE IT. ACCORDING TO LOCKHEED MARTIN FEDERAL CONTRACT AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (LMFCAFSS) AND COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) DUATS, THE PILOT OF THE AIRPLANE DID NOT OBTAIN ANY WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THE FLIGHT FROM BDR TO FOK, OR FOR THE FLIGHT FROM FOK TO BOS. ON AUGUST 11, 2008 AT 1325 EDT, DUATS RECORDS INDICATED THE PILOT FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE FLIGHT FROM BDR TO FOK WITH A PROPOSED DEPARTURE TIME OF 1145 UTC ON AUGUST 12, 2008. THE LM FCAFSS DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECORDS OR FLIGHT PLAN FILING FOR EITHER "N4615D" OR NGF15D." DUATS DOES HAVE AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM FOK TO BOS. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FOK ON AN IFR CLEARANCE AT 0910 EDT EN ROUTE TO BOS, WITH 2 PASSENGERS (MALE WITH CANCER TO BE TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HIS WIFE). THE FLIGHT APPROACH BOS FROM THE WEST AND WHEN NEAR BOS AND TALKING WITH BOSTON TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL (TRACON), THE FLIGHT WAS AT 5,000 FEET FLYING ASSIGNED HEADING 210 DEGREES, FLYING WEST OF THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR RUNWAY 4R, AND IN-TRAIL WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT (AIRLINE TYPE AIRCRAFT) THAT WERE ALSO ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4R. AT 1010, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT TO TURN 10 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND DESCEND TO 4,000 FEET, HE ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 1012:16, THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT WHAT SPEED HE COULD MAINTAIN ON FINAL UNTIL THE OUTER MARKER (OM), AND HE ADVISED 130 KNOTS, HE WOULD KEEP THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, AND WOULD HAVE TO SLOW WHEN THE FIGHT WAS CLOSER IN. AT 1013:07, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT TO TURN TO HEADING 170 DEGREES, HE ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 1013:49, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT TO TURN TO HEADING 130 DEGREES, HE ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 1014:07, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT TO DESCEND AND MAINTAIN 3,000 FEET, HE ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 1014:49, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT TO TURN LEFT HEADING 060 DEGREES TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER, THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. THE RADAR REPLAY INDICATES THE AIRPLANE AT THIS TIME WAS JUST WEST OF THE LOCALIZER AT 3,600 FEET WITH A GROUND SPEED OF 170 KNOTS. AT 1015:16, THE RADAR REPLAY INDICATES THE AIRPLANE WAS AT THE LOCALIZER AT 3,300 FEET. AT 1015:53, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT HE HAD PASSED THRU THE LOCALIZER AND HE STATED "15 DELTA." THE RADAR REPLAY INDICATES WHEN FLYING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOCALIZER, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED. AT 1016:49, THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS JOINING THE LOCALIZER, HE DID NOT RESPOND. AT 1016:53, THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE ALTITUDE INDICATES 2,300 THEN IMMEDIATELY ADVISED RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE CONTROLLER REPEATED THE CALL SIGN AND THE PILOT RESPONDED "5 DELTA'S WITH YOU." THE CONTROLLER INDICATED THE AIRPLANE WAS AT 1,200 FEET, ISSUED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT, CLIMB IMMEDIATELY (REPEATED THIS 2 TIMES). THE PILOT RESPONDED "5 DELTA'S CLIMBING." THE CONTROLLER THEN ADVISED THE MAINTAIN 3,000 FEET AND SAY HEADING. A VERY SHORT TRANSMISSION WAS HEARD. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PILOT. THE CONTROLLER ASKED NEARBY AIRCRAFT IF THEY HEARD A ELT. NO ELT WAS HEARD. A PILOT CERTIFICATED WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OR 42 DEGREES 01.509 NORTH LATITUDE AND 071 DEGREES 09.123 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE, LOCATED .41 NAUTICAL MILE AND 288 DEGREES FROM THE CRASH SITE LOCATION. HE WAS INSIDE HIS PARENTS HOME AT THAT ADDRESS AND HEARD A LOW SOUNDING AIRCRAFT WITH REPORTED HIGH RPM FLYING WEST TO EAST. HE RAN OUTSIDE AND ESTIMATED THE CEILING WAS AT 800 FEET, AND REPORTED THERE WAS NO RAIN OR WIND. HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRPLANE AND THE NOISE FADED. THE SOUND RETURNED AND HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMING BACK. AT THAT TIME HE SAW THE AIRPLANE DESCENDING VERTICALLY OUT OF THE CLOUDS. THE FIRST VIEW OF THE AIRPLANE WAS THE TOP OF THE AIRPLANE. HE DID NOT RECALL IF HE SAW THE LANDING GEAR, BUT DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE TRAILING THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TIME HE SAW IT. HE SAW THE AIRPLANE SPIN 2.5 TIMES TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE THEN WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND TREES AND HE HEARD AN IMPACT AND SAW SMOKE. HE DROVE IN HIS CRUISER TO THE SCENE ARRIVING THERE ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITH A CONSTANT SOUND THE WHOLE TIME, THERE WAS NO MISSING OR SPUTTERING. ONE WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO WAS ON ROUTE 106 REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEING THE AIRPLANE CLIMBING AND DESCENDING FROM THE CLOUDS. ANOTHER WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO WAS WORKING ON THE ROOF OF THE NEARBY TARGET STORE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEING THE AIRPLANE FLYING BETWEEN THE TARGET STORE AND ANOTHER NEARBY BUILDING. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING LOW. NUMEROUS WITNESSES (NTSB HAS LIST) REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEING THE AIRPLANE CIRCLING AND THEN NOSE DIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A PARKING LOT DURING DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS: THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT 42 DEGREES 01.485 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 071 DEGREES 08.570 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE EASTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FEMALE WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND FORWARD OF THE WRECKAGE ALONG WITH A PORTION OF HER SEAT. SHE WAS NOT BURNED. BOTH MALES WERE LOATED IN THE WRECKAGE. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER WAS NOTED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WRECKAGE. THE M.E.'S OFFICE WILL PERFORM LOCAL TOXICOLOGY OF SPECIMENS OF ALL OCCUPANTS. AN FAA TOXICOLOGY KIT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE PILOT. ATC COMMUNICATIONS WITH BOST TRACON WERE RECORDED AND A FORMAL ATC PACKAGE WAS REQUESTED WITH THE FAA-IIC.