Here's the initial NTSB onsite briefing:
Tower recording, Riddle 106 is given a crosswind turn at about 23:30 into this liveatc.net clip:
http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kd...2018-1330Z.mp3
N47TN reports sighting the wreckage at 28:20 into the tower clip.
Some insight to the victims of this tragic mishap in a newspaper article:
Embry-Riddle President P. Barry Butler confirmed the identities of the two people who lost their lives in the crash in an email sent across the campus about 3 p.m. Thursday, saying he was “deeply saddened” to share the news of the “tragic aircraft accident.”
Butler wrote that Capra had planned to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics. He was a member of Embry-Riddle’s Student Veterans Organization, having transferred to the university following his service in the Navy from 2012 to 2016. Capra had been an aviation boatswain’s mate on the USS Harry S. Truman.
Capra graduated from Mountain Range High School in Westminster, Colo., and he attended Adam State University in 2011. Butler said Capra was an aspiring pilot who was described by a friend as “someone who smiled often and never hesitated to provide encouragement to others.”
Butler said in his written statement that Azma “was well known and respected by many in the Embry-Riddle community. He was a highly decorated FAA-designated pilot examiner as well as a pilot proficiency examiner and a flight instructor. John had at least 20 years of flight experience and nearly a dozen unique jet aircraft-type ratings. His proficiencies encompassed many aircraft, from single-engine piston aircraft to multi-engine turbine powered jets. He was known for his calm professionalism in the cockpit.”
Butler said the NTSB is conducting an in-depth investigation, and the school is working closely with authorities “to support their efforts in any way we can.”
“We will provide additional information on an ongoing basis, as soon as we possibly can,” Butler said. “We have all been shocked and devastated by this tragedy.”
He said campus members in need of support are encouraged to contact the Counseling Center or the chaplain’s office.
John Capra said there will be a memorial service on campus at noon Monday. He’ll be there along with his, wife, Patsy. She was Zach Capra’s stepmother, and had been in his life since he was 8 years old. His birthmother is Janet Swink of Colorado. He had one brother and three sisters.
John and Patsy Capra will fly to Daytona Beach on Friday to bring home their son’s remains. They had already purchased other plane tickets to come for the graduation ceremony next month, and they were trying to decide on a gift. John Capra said it doesn’t fully seem real.
“Being so far away, there’s not the finality of it yet,” he said.
The 54-year-old father said his nightmare began Wednesday morning when he was at work and happened to look at ERAU’s website. He saw a post about the crash, so he texted his son. He waited for a reply, and he waited some more.
When he heard nothing back, he contacted the school. About 30 minutes later, a chaplain called back. It’s been a surreal blur since.
He’s thinking back to the quiet little boy who always had a smile and a hunger for adventure. The talented athlete who loved hockey and lacrosse. The teenager who spent his life in Denver, enlisted in the Navy, and trained in Chicago and Pensacola.
John Capra said his son “cared about other people more than himself.”
“He inspired and he pushed people to do what he did, achieve his dreams,” he said.
Words of encouragement written by Zach Capra are posted on John Capra’s Facebook page: “Follow your hopes and dreams. Don’t let anyone keep you from doing what you have been determined to accomplish. There might be difficult times when you could think about giving up, but just keep pushing and reach your set goals.”
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