Pilot Killed In Lancaster County Plane Crash
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Just two and a half minutes after the plane was cleared for takeoff Sunday morning at Lancaster Airport, air traffic control started calling out for the pilot, according to an audio recording.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed in a field moments after taking off from the Lancaster County airport.
One person was killed in a small plane crash Sunday morning near Airport, according to the County Coroner's Office. The plane went down around 8 a.m., shortly after takeoff. The County Coroner's Office has identified the pilot as 58-year-old Musaddiq Nazeeri of Lebanon.
In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the pilot of the Cessna 208B N716MM that crashed shortly after takeoff from Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township "reported a loss of engine power and attempted to glide the airplane back to runway 27 at Cross Keys Airport."