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Wrong Turns, Low Flying Led To Gaithersburg Plane Crash Into Electrical Tower: NTSB Report Wrong Turns, Low Flying Led To Gaithersburg Plane Crash Into Electrical Tower: NTSB Report
Wrong Turns, Low Flying Led To Gaithersburg Plane Crash Into Electrical Tower: NTSB Report Authorities say that a series of wrong turns and a pilot flying below minimum altitude levels were among the contributing factors that led to a small plane crash in Maryland last month. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report of the plane crash on Sunday, Nov. 27, when a private pilot struck an electrical tower outside of the Gaithersburg Airport and got suspended in the lines for hours, leaving two with serious injuries. NTSB issued the preliminary report for the Nov. 27 crash of a Mooney M20J near Gaithersburg, Maryland. https://t.co/3vtsELZiRe …

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by Zak Failla
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'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released 'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released
'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released Investigators in Maryland have released 911 calls that were made by pilot Patrick Merkle after he made a crash landing and got his plane tied up in power lines in what could have been a harrowing incident. The new calls showed Merkle, 65, a Washington, DC resident, staying relatively calm through the terrifying ordeal that left him in a perilous condition about 100 feet off the ground as he awaited rescue from first responders in Montgomery County who rushed to the scene. “I’ve flown into a tower northwest of the Gaithersburg Airport … One of the electrical towers. Our aircraft is pinned in…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Pair Rescued From Maryland Small Plane Crash Police ID Pair Rescued From Maryland Small Plane Crash
Police ID Pair Rescued From Maryland Small Plane Crash A 66-year-old man and woman were rescued after being stranded 100 feet up for seven hours with serious injuries from a small plane that crashed into a power tower in Montgomery County Sunday, Nov. 27. The pilot, Patrick Merkle, 66, of Washington DC, and his passenger, Janet Williams, 66, of Marrero, LA, had apparently departed from Westchester County Airport in New York, in a Mooney Mike 20P single engine plane, before crashing in Gaithersburg around 6:45 p.m., officials said. Nearly 85,000 people were without power for about six hours, PEPCO records show. Update - Gaithersburg, Maryl…

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by Cecilia Levine