'He hit and skidded (to point of rest)'." Next, he saw the plane drop (as if pushed downward). didn't hear anything out of the ordinary. In the police report, a witness on the ground at the accident site stated: Weather condition was rain and snow mixed, icy patches forming on road. Noticed no landing gear.Engine noise was extremely loud.Losing altitude fast. ".I would say the plane was roughly around 100 feet, heading down, banking towards its left (about 20 to 30 degrees roughly banking). I can't say if we were turning hard to make the field or just twisting."Ī witness driving by on a highway, 1/4 mile from the departure end of the runway, observed the airplane fly overhead. a field below us and the plane falling while it twisted. The twist was 45 degrees or more this time with an abnormal vibration.I saw power lines through the front windows.I saw. What I mean.is.the plane began losing altitude and twisted to the left more. Fred did some adjustments.we started to ascend again after a few seconds.Once Fred regained lift, roughly 30 seconds later, the plane did the same thing as before but more drastic. The time from when the snow had been removed, taxing to the runway, and clearance for takeoff was approximately 5 to 10 minutes.the takeoff was normal.Shortly after takeoff we lost the lift in the plane, and twisted very slightly to the left, maybe 5 to 10 degrees.I don't think we lost any altitude, but just stopped gaining altitude. I did not see any ice nor did I pay attention to how much snow remained. The amount of snow was about 1/4 to 1/2 inch. ".The man with the broom began to remove the snow off the wings. The surviving passenger stated that he had flown in this airplane on several occasions. I observed him working the controls systems and seemed to work OK.I just glanced up when he took off and saw his nose gear lift off (2000 - 2500 feet).Saw him at end of runway very low, then he disappeared into the snow." He did not ask me to clean anything else. I pointed to the wing, he shook his head, I stepped back and he started the engines.I observed a little flaky ice on right wing, left wing was clear. In his written statement submitted on March 31, 1994, the lineman stated: He offered to pull the aircraft into the hanger, but the pilot stated no, it was "OK." He pointed at it to the pilot who was at the controls. He then swept the left nacelle clean, but the left wing had little patches of ice on it. In a telephone interview on March 19, 1994, the lineman stated that he had swept the right wing and nacelle clean of snow without a problem. The pilot and lineman returned to the airplane where the pilot observed the lineman remove some of the snow with a broom and then told the lineman, "I'll get in and get setup till you finish." When the passengers and cargo were secured in the airplane, the pilot returned to the hanger where he returned with a line service person (lineman) and a broom.Īccording to the lineman, the pilot entered the hanger and asked him to clean snow off of the wings of the airplane. He stated that the weather was worse than he expected and filed an instrument flight plan from PTW to SBY, with a proposed off time of 1100.Īfter filing the flight plan, the pilot escorted the passengers to the airplane. The passengers agreed that the stop at 7MY was not essential.Īt 1100, Mr. The pilot advised the passengers that due to weather, it would be "safer" to fly back to SBY and not make the planned stop at 7MY. The passengers arrived back at PTW at 1055. He did not file a flight plan at that time. Erb was given the weather requested, which included an AIRMET for icing. He requested an abbreviated briefing for an instrument flight from PTW to the South Jersey Regional Airport (7MY), Mount Holly, New Jersey. Erb telephoned the Salisbury Flight Service Station (FSS). According to personnel at the airport, the pilot met with local friends at the airport.Īt 1040, Mr.
Upon arrival at PTW, the passengers confirmed the expected departure time from PTW was 1100, and then departed by ground vehicle for their scheduled business meeting. The pilot and two passengers were employed by the same company and the flight originated that morning from SBY. The airplane was based at the Salisbury (SBY) Airport, Salisbury, Maryland. An instrument flight plan had been filed for the flight operating under 14 CFR 91. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured and a second passenger received serious injuries. Erb, was destroyed when it struck the ground during initial climb-out, about 1 mile from the Pottstown- Limerick Airport (PTW), Pottstown, Pennsylvania. On March 18, 1994, about 1126 eastern standard time, an Aerostar 601P, N36444, owned by K&L Micro-Wave Electronics and piloted by Frederick G.
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