According to the NTSB, there was no distress call from the plane before the crash that killed five people

DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – A preliminary report into a plane crash last month that killed five people on the Outer Banks shows there were no distress calls from the pilot before the accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday released the report on the Sept. 28 crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial First Flight Airport.

The National Park says: Shashwat Adhikari, 31, of Silver Spring, Maryland; Jason Campbell, 43, of Southern Pines; Kate Neely, 39, of Southern Pines; Matthew Fassnacht, 44, of Marietta, Georgia; and a 6-year-old child were killed.

The Cirrus SR-22 aircraft crashed in a wooded area and caught fire while attempting to land at the airport.

The 2023 single-engine fixed-wing aircraft was owned by Pantheon Aviation LLC of Franklin.

According to the NTSB, the plane was on its second approach and witnesses said it was “high and fast.” The report said that when it was halfway down the runway, it “made a steep left turn and struck the tops of 50-foot-tall trees.”

The plane then struck more trees before stopping 300 feet east of the runway in a forest where it caught fire.

Federal investigators were expected to submit a final report on the deadly crash within a year to 18 months.

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