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Offline mdreferee

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KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« on: December 08, 2014, 01:31:32 PM »
Time-compressed from LiveATC.net feed of KGAI Unicom -- Accident pilot sounds normal at 7, 6 and 3 miles out, "Straight in for 14"



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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 02:34:56 PM »
Very sad. All 3 onboard are confirmed to be dead. 3 residents of a home which was hit are missing. Aircraft was an Embraer Phenom 100 business jet.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Plane-Crash-Reported-in-Montgomery-County-285090681.html

Offline yezariel

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 03:33:50 PM »
Nobody knows if the three persons who are living in the house, were in the house at the time of the crash.

Offline rustybugs11

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 03:45:49 PM »
The recording mentions a lot of birds in the area. I know nothing about the accident acft. Could multiple bird strikes in the engines at low altitude cause loss of control?

Offline NEaviator

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 06:44:46 PM »
The Phenom left the Horace Williams Airport, Chapel Hill NC earlier in the day.  It was registered to Sage Aviation LLC, also of Chapel Hill. 

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 10:25:16 PM »
News now confirming the mom and her two sons were found deceased inside the home.

Offline mxd281

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 11:44:45 PM »
Very sad, the fire department reports said they found the 36 year old mother and her infant son and 3 year old in the bathroom on the second floor. They were trying to seek refuge there they said. The father and their 5 year old we're not home....I can't imagine.  Prayers for all affected.

Offline yezariel

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Re: KGAI (Gaithersburg, MD) Crash - N100EQ
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2014, 11:54:16 AM »
The NTSB said, according to the flight recorder, that the plane stalled caused by low airspeed. After shaking the plane decelerates quickly, it falls of the sky.