Another one,
Two men people died Thursday morning when a homebuilt Lancair Legacy FG crashed while attempting to land at Wittman Regional Airport.
Authorities identified the victims as the plane's owner, Roger W. Bach, 62, of Carnegie, Penn., and John S. Linden, 56, of Washington, Penn
It remains unclear who was piloting the two-seat plane when it crashed just short of the east end of the airport’s east-west runway at 9:36 a.m., said Dick Knapinski, spokesman for the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Knapinski said there is no indication that there was anything unusual about the pilot’s approach or the conditions during landing, although he did not know if the pilot had indicated a problem to the control tower.
Emergency responders worked behind tarps to remove the crash victims from the airplane, which landed upside down in the grass.
One Lancair pilot, who asked that his name not be used, described Lancair owners as a close-knit community.
He said pilots need to be proficient to fly the airplanes, but could not speculate on why the airplane stalled. However, he said, it is uncommon for that to happen.
“You need to have training and you need to be a proficient pilot to fly this plane,” he said.
The incident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.
This was the third crash on the airport grounds this week and the only fatal crash. On Wednesday, a piper Tri-Pacer crashed while landing shortly after 1 p.m. It’s three occupants were transported to an Oshkosh hospital with minor injuries. On Sunday, a pilot was transported to a hospital away after a RANS S-6ES fixed wing single-engine plane flipped over on Sunday afternoon at the ultralight field.