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27th March 2005, 03:26
Three dead in plane crash near construction site
The Associated Press March 26, 2005
Three people were killed Saturday in a plane crash near a construction site where a new county prison is being built, authorities said.
The single-engine turboprop plane went down around 2 p.m. in Benner Township just outside Bellefonte, the Centre County seat, near the site of the future Centre County Correctional Facility, officials said.
The plane was headed from Naples, Fla., to nearby State College, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr said. The crash happened as the pilot was attempting an instrument landing approach to the airport, he said.
An instrument landing is typically attempted during poor weather, but Dorr did not know the weather conditions at the time of the crash. He also could not say whether anyone was injured or killed on the ground.
The plane was manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. and registered to J2W Aviation LLC in Providence, R.I. A phone listing for J2W Aviation could not immediately be located.
BREAKING NEWS: Six killed in plane crash near new prison
From CDT staff and wire reports
Six people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday near a construction site where a new county prison is being built, authorities said.
The turboprop plane went down about 2 p.m. in Benner Township near the site of the future Centre County Correctional Facility, officials said.
Witnesses said the plane sputtered and hit the ground nose-first, said Tim Boyde, county director of administrative services, who was at the crash scene.
“There’s some reason to believe that icing may have been a contributing factor,” Boyde said. He said the weather was chilly and overcast when the plane went down within 25 yards of the new prison building, which was not damaged.
The plane was headed from Naples, Fla., to the University Park Airport, and the pilot was attempting an instrument landing approach, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr said.
Lawyer Carl Freedman said pilot Jeffrey Jacober, 51, of Providence, R.I., and Gregg Weingeroff, 49, were killed along with the four other passengers. He said both men were his clients and his personal friends.
“These were leaders of the business community, the philanthropic community and the Jewish community in Rhode Island," Freedman said.
Also killed were Jacober’s wife, Karen, 49, and their 15-year-old son, Eric, and Weingeroff’s wife, Dawn, and their 10-year-old son, Leland, Freedman said.
The families were on vacation in Florida and were en route to State College to watch Jacober’s 21-year-old son, Michael, play in a Penn State lacrosse game, Freedman said. Michael Jacober is the captain of the team.
Weingeroff operated Weingeroff Enterprises, which is a Cranston, R.I.-based jewelry business with 140 employees, according to a Dun & Bradstreet report. Jacober was president of the Ocean Group Inc., a medical supply wholesaler, and operated Medport LLC, a manufacturer of health care products doing business as Vita Minder. Both of Jacober’s businesses were based in Providence; Ocean Group had 21 employees and Medport had 25, according to Dun & Bradstreet.
The plane was manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. and registered to J2W Aviation LLC in Providence, R.I.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
The Associated Press March 26, 2005
Three people were killed Saturday in a plane crash near a construction site where a new county prison is being built, authorities said.
The single-engine turboprop plane went down around 2 p.m. in Benner Township just outside Bellefonte, the Centre County seat, near the site of the future Centre County Correctional Facility, officials said.
The plane was headed from Naples, Fla., to nearby State College, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr said. The crash happened as the pilot was attempting an instrument landing approach to the airport, he said.
An instrument landing is typically attempted during poor weather, but Dorr did not know the weather conditions at the time of the crash. He also could not say whether anyone was injured or killed on the ground.
The plane was manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. and registered to J2W Aviation LLC in Providence, R.I. A phone listing for J2W Aviation could not immediately be located.
BREAKING NEWS: Six killed in plane crash near new prison
From CDT staff and wire reports
Six people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday near a construction site where a new county prison is being built, authorities said.
The turboprop plane went down about 2 p.m. in Benner Township near the site of the future Centre County Correctional Facility, officials said.
Witnesses said the plane sputtered and hit the ground nose-first, said Tim Boyde, county director of administrative services, who was at the crash scene.
“There’s some reason to believe that icing may have been a contributing factor,” Boyde said. He said the weather was chilly and overcast when the plane went down within 25 yards of the new prison building, which was not damaged.
The plane was headed from Naples, Fla., to the University Park Airport, and the pilot was attempting an instrument landing approach, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Les Dorr said.
Lawyer Carl Freedman said pilot Jeffrey Jacober, 51, of Providence, R.I., and Gregg Weingeroff, 49, were killed along with the four other passengers. He said both men were his clients and his personal friends.
“These were leaders of the business community, the philanthropic community and the Jewish community in Rhode Island," Freedman said.
Also killed were Jacober’s wife, Karen, 49, and their 15-year-old son, Eric, and Weingeroff’s wife, Dawn, and their 10-year-old son, Leland, Freedman said.
The families were on vacation in Florida and were en route to State College to watch Jacober’s 21-year-old son, Michael, play in a Penn State lacrosse game, Freedman said. Michael Jacober is the captain of the team.
Weingeroff operated Weingeroff Enterprises, which is a Cranston, R.I.-based jewelry business with 140 employees, according to a Dun & Bradstreet report. Jacober was president of the Ocean Group Inc., a medical supply wholesaler, and operated Medport LLC, a manufacturer of health care products doing business as Vita Minder. Both of Jacober’s businesses were based in Providence; Ocean Group had 21 employees and Medport had 25, according to Dun & Bradstreet.
The plane was manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. and registered to J2W Aviation LLC in Providence, R.I.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.