A small plane that crashed last month as it approached a suburban New York airport, killing two people on board, had a damaged engine that caused the plane to bleed oil, according to a National Safety Board investigation into the Transport.
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Investigators said they found a hole in the top of the crankcase and noted fresh oil at the bottom of the fuselage, apparently causing the plane to fly poorly.
A flight that crashed after leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport did so due to engine damage.
The single-engine Beechcraft A36 was flying from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on January 19.
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The pilot had radioed air traffic controllers that the plane was approaching White Plains airport with a “dead cylinder”, but then fell silent shortly after transmitting “mayday mayday mayday mayday”.
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The plane was a mile from A at around 6:15 pm The airport is near White Plains, about 39 miles north of JFK.
