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Old 16th Aug 2019, 18:30
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NTSB Senior Investigator Ralph Hicks just finished a media briefing at the accident site. His crew will be at the scene two to three days collecting perishable evidence. A preliminary report will be issued in about a week. The wreckage will be moved to Griffin, Georgia (possibly by Atlanta Air Recovery - Welcome!) for further analysis.

He said the plane was arriving at the non-tower controlled airport after a short 20 minute flight from North Carolina. Weather was good, wind calm.

Surveillance video showed that the plane touched down somewhere near the threshold, bounced twice and the right main gear collapsed. The initial landing was described as firm by the pilots and pax interviews were consistent with the video evidence.

There is a CVR which will be sent to the lab in DC. No FDR but non-volatile avionics data will give insight to the final flight path.
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