One dead after mid-air plane collision at Minden-Tahoe Airport
One person was killed Monday when two planes collided at a Nevada airport.
The planes collided at Minden-Tahoe Airport around 9:47 a.m., nearly a month after another collision killed someone during takeoff from the same runway.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, authorities arrived on scene after one of the single-engine planes landed at the airport, “while the other crashed in a field” near Highway 395.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), one of the planes, a Globe GC-1B, had one passenger on board, while the other plane, a Cessna 206, had two.
The pilot and passenger in the plane were not injured, but the sole passenger died after crashing into a nearby field.
The people involved have not yet been identified. It is unclear what caused the fatal crash.
One person died after two single-engine planes crashed in mid-air near Minden-Tahoe Airport in Nevada early Monday morning. One of the planes crashed into a nearby field
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), one of the planes, a Globe GC-1B, had one passenger on board, while the other plane, a Cessna 206, had two. (Pictured: Authorities at the scene of the crash)
According to Sheriff Dan Coverley, witnesses said the Globe GC-1B plane caught fire in mid-air before crashing.
When emergency services arrived, the plane was still burning, Coverley said.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have taken over the investigation.
The NTSB said News 4 An investigator examines the aircraft and documents the situation.
The agency will also request weather information, radar data, the pilot’s medical records and maintenance records.
The preliminary report on the crash is expected to be available within 30 days, while the final report will be ready within 12 to 24 months.
Witnesses reported the Globe GC-1B burst into flames in mid-air before crashing, Sheriff Dan Coverley (pictured) said.
Minden-Tahoe Airport was closed after the crash, but has since reopened.
DailyMail.com reached out to the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
On Aug. 20, another person died at the airport around 8:19 a.m. after an experimental plane with two people on board crashed during takeoff, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.
The plane was an amateur-built Lockwood AirCam, the NTSB reported at the time.
The airport was closed after the crash and the cause of the collision is unknown. The deceased passenger has not been identified.
On September 8, four people were killed in a plane crash in Vermont: a teenager obsessed with airplanes, her mother, and a high school teacher who taught her to fly.
That plane was still ablaze when emergency personnel arrived
The people involved have not yet been identified. It is also unclear what caused the fatal crash
Paul Pelletier, 55, Frank Rodriguez, 88, Susan Van Ness, 51, and her daughter Delilah Van Ness, 15, were named as victims of the crash. They all lived in Connecticut.
The plane took off from Connecticut’s Windham Airport around 8:30 a.m. and landed in Vermont two hours later for a brunch reservation. They dined at a fancy eatery in Basin Harbor, with plans to return that day.
When that didn’t happen, families reported them missing, leading to the plane being discovered the next morning in a “wooded area east of the Basin Harbor Airport.” The airport is right next to the resort where the four had just eaten.
Pelletier, a certified pilot, taught aerospace and manufacturing at Middletown High, where Delilah was his student, the school said in a statement.
A relative told police the girl had been taking flying lessons from Pelletier, while Rodriguez, also a pilot, accompanied them. It remains unclear who was flying the four-seater plane.