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El Cajon, CA (AP) —Federal investigators said on Tuesday that two flight nurses and two pilots were killed in a medical transport crashing into a transmission line in cloudy weather before it crashed near San Diego last month. Stated.
According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, the Learjet 35A crashed on December 27 while preparing to land in Gillespie Field, El Cajon.
The weather was cloudy with clouds and fog when the plane collided with a power line and collided with the garden of a house in the unincorporated San Diego County area, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the runway. Says.
The report does not indicate the exact cause of the accident and is awaiting final report.
No one on the ground was injured.
According to an Elkahon-based company, the crash killed pilots Douglas Grande (42), Julian Bugazi (67), flight nurse Christina Ward (52) and Laurie Gentz (68). ..
According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the twin-engine jet has been registered with El Cahon-based Med Jet LLC.
The NTSB reported that the plane flew that day to transport the patient from Lake Havasu, Arizona, to Orange County, South Los Angeles, and returned to Gillespiefield’s home base.
Radio communication between the jet and the airfield indicated that the pilot had canceled the instrument flight approach to one runway and requested a switch to another runway using visual flight rules. ..
After the switch was allowed and new instructions were given, the pilot asked to raise the field light and was told that it was already 100%.
The report showed that the plane did not climb significantly while jumping over the airport at low altitude and turning to reapproach the field.
According to communications recorded by LiveATC.net, the pilot suddenly shouted and shouted three times shortly before the crash.
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