Cause of fatal plane crash still unknown
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By The Daily Progress Staff
Published: November 12, 2008
The National Transportation Safety Board has yet to pinpoint the cause of a October plane crash in which two people died, according to a preliminary report.
Thomas John Mahoney, 47, and Elizabeth Marie Paris, 50, were killed when the Piper plane Mahoney was piloting went down in southern Albemarle County on Oct. 24.
According to the report, the plane left Asheville, N.C., at 5:26 p.m. the day of the crash and was headed for the Orange County Airport. At some point, Mahoney radioed in that he would be landing at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport and “opted for the instrument landing system runway,” according to the report. Then Mahoney radioed “multiple distress calls” shortly before the plane disappeared from radar.
The plane crashed at about 7:15 p.m. in a densely wooded area near Walton Middle School.
Look for additional details in Thursday’s Daily Progress.
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