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Keith Kozel

Unlicensed NJ Flight Instructor Indicted In PA Plane Crash That Killed IT Manager Unlicensed NJ Flight Instructor Indicted In PA Plane Crash That Killed IT Manager
Unlicensed NJ Flight Instructor Indicted In PA Plane Crash That Killed IT Manager A 36-year-old New Jersey unlicensed flight instructor who was in two prior crashes has been indicted in a third — a 2022 incident that killed his student pilot in Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Philip Everton McPherson II, 36, of Haddon Township, NJ, has been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate, in connection with the crash on Sept. 28, 2022 in Salisbury Township, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that said on Monday, Aug. 5. The victim in the crash had previously been identified as Kei…
Plane Was In Air For One Minute Before Deadly Crash In Salisbury Township, Officials Say Plane Was In Air For One Minute Before Deadly Crash In Salisbury Township, Officials Say
Plane Was In Air For One Minute Before Deadly Crash In Salisbury Township, Officials Say New details have been released in the Salisbury Township plane crash that killed a student pilot and injured a flight instructor last month, officials said. The single-engine Piper PA-28-140 took off from Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport at 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, and was in the air for one minute before going down in a residential yard on the 1400 block of Keystone Road in Salisbury Township, according to a preliminary report released by the NTSB on Friday, Oct. 7. The aircraft traveled for less than a mile and then made a slight left turn before its data was…
Easton Man, IT Manager ID'd As Victim Killed In Salisbury Township Small Plane Crash Easton Man, IT Manager ID'd As Victim Killed In Salisbury Township Small Plane Crash
Easton Man, IT Manager ID'd As Victim Killed In Salisbury Township Small Plane Crash A 49-year-old former IT manager has been identified as the victim killed in a small plane crash in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Keith Kozel, of Easton, was pronounced dead at the scene on the 1400 block of Keystone Road in Salisbury Township after the crash around 1:40 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The single-engine Piper PA-28 had departed from Queen City Airport in Allentown and had only been in the air for three minutes before going down in a residential yard, according to The Federal Aviation Administration and records obtained b…