New witness accounts, a stunning photo, and flight track data are details included in a newly released NTSB preliminary report on last month's deadly mid-air plane collision at the Watsonville Municipal Airport.
The picture showed the moment the single-engine Cessna 152 and twin-engine Cessna 340 collided, killing three people and a dog.
"This aircraft came into Watsonville regularly," he said. "It was about 80 knots faster on the day of the accident than it had been the prior weekend, when it arrived. That's almost 100 miles an hour faster." The report put one witness in a plane above the crash. The airport does not have a control tower, so the witness and others listened as the two pilots communicated over common traffic advisory frequency .
The witness told investigators Kruppa attempted to turn right. His left wing then struck Camenson's aircraft. His family said, "Stuart was a cautious and meticulous pilot. Flying was a passion that he thoroughly enjoyed. The final NTSB report could take 18-24 months."