What happened
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Frankfort, KY (fft): N7KY, BE76, crashed off the departure end of runway 25 for unknown reasons while conducting a training flight. The aircraft
Caught fire after crashing. Emergency personnel responded and extinguished the fire. POB: 2, injuries: minor, damage: extent unknown. 02/21/2019 1535Z
On February 21st at approximately 10:25 ^Mr. King^ was sitting at the lower parking lot at juniper hills park. While sitting he heard a plane behind him that caught his attention due to it flying so low to the golf course. He looked up and observed the plane, later identified as tail number N7KY, flying towards
Capitol City Airport with its left wing dipped. The plane appeared to be flying exceptionally low and slow for most of the planes that he observe fly in. Very shortly after he heard a noise in the distance that at the time he thought was a car crash. Just shortly after dispatch called over the radio stating "all units be advised we've received several calls of a plane crash but have been unable to confirm the location". Due to collimation of circumstances he proceeded towards the airport. As soon as he approached US127 and US60 he observed a plume of smoke coming from that eastern side of the airport run way. He entered the
Airport through the south entrance and proceeded down the taxi way. He saw the airport minivan sitting at
The end of the taxi way and N7KY facing west off the southeast end of the taxi way. The plane had sever damage to the nose and the left wing was on fire and missing the prop. He made contact with the student pilot ^(dillon j. lechliter)^ and the instructor ^(james a donaldson)^ sitting the van. After confirming that both occupants were not severely injured he proceeded to take photos of the scene. It appeared that the plane
Had caught the left wing in the grassy area between the taxi strip and runway. It then slid across the taxi strip down into the embankment. He spoke with the student pilot and he stated that they were attempting to make a single engine landing and that they came in too slow and not under control causing the plane to crash. The student pilot also stated that they attempted to increase the air speed but it was too late to recover.
As the FAA filed it
FRANKFORT, KY (FFT): N7KY, BE76, CRASHED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 25 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT
CAUGHT FIRE AFTER CRASHING. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POB: 2, INJURIES: MINOR, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 02/21/2019 1535Z
ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT APPROXIMATELY 10:25 ^MR. KING^ WAS SITTING AT THE LOWER PARKING LOT AT JUNIPER HILLS PARK. WHILE SITTING HE HEARD A PLANE BEHIND HIM THAT CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION DUE TO IT FLYING SO LOW TO THE GOLF COURSE. HE LOOKED UP AND OBSERVED THE PLANE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS TAIL NUMBER N7KY, FLYING TOWARDS
CAPITOL CITY AIRPORT WITH ITS LEFT WING DIPPED. THE PLANE APPEARED TO BE FLYING EXCEPTIONALLY LOW AND SLOW FOR MOST OF THE PLANES THAT HE OBSERVE FLY IN. VERY SHORTLY AFTER HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE DISTANCE THAT AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS A CAR CRASH. JUST SHORTLY AFTER DISPATCH CALLED OVER THE RADIO STATING "ALL UNITS BE ADVISED WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS OF A PLANE CRASH BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE LOCATION". DUE TO COLLIMATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES HE PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT. AS SOON AS HE APPROACHED US127 AND US60 HE OBSERVED A PLUME OF SMOKE COMING FROM THAT EASTERN SIDE OF THE AIRPORT RUN WAY. HE ENTERED THE
AIRPORT THROUGH THE SOUTH ENTRANCE AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE TAXI WAY. HE SAW THE AIRPORT MINIVAN SITTING AT
THE END OF THE TAXI WAY AND N7KY FACING WEST OFF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE TAXI WAY. THE PLANE HAD SEVER DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND THE LEFT WING WAS ON FIRE AND MISSING THE PROP. HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE STUDENT PILOT ^(DILLON J. LECHLITER)^ AND THE INSTRUCTOR ^(JAMES A DONALDSON)^ SITTING THE VAN. AFTER CONFIRMING THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE NOT SEVERELY INJURED HE PROCEEDED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE SCENE. IT APPEARED THAT THE PLANE
HAD CAUGHT THE LEFT WING IN THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TAXI STRIP AND RUNWAY. IT THEN SLID ACROSS THE TAXI STRIP DOWN INTO THE EMBANKMENT. HE SPOKE WITH THE STUDENT PILOT AND HE STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AND THAT THEY CAME IN TOO SLOW AND NOT UNDER CONTROL CAUSING THE PLANE TO CRASH. THE STUDENT PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE THE AIR SPEED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO RECOVER.
NTSB investigation
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