ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72845
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Date: | Thursday 18 February 2010 |
Time: | 10:22 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-236 Dakota |
Owner/operator: | Stack Joseph A |
Registration: | N2889D |
MSN: | 28-7911227 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Echelon Building, Research Boulevard, Austin, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane was destroyed after the pilot intentionally flew it into the side of an office building in Austin, Texas. The private pilot and an employee who worked in the building were killed. As this event was an intentional act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation assumed jurisdiction and control of the investigation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a building.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CEN10FA124 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html http://miami.cbslocal.com/national/austin.plane.crash.2.1504859.html https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20100218X33746&key=1 https://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/7_days/popular/3742/AUDIO_Piper_N2889D_departing_KGTU_From_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Austin_suicide_attack Location
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18-Feb-2010 09:57 |
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18-Feb-2010 10:23 |
harro |
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18-Feb-2010 10:24 |
harro |
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18-Feb-2010 10:32 |
Anon. |
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18-Feb-2010 10:42 |
RobertMB |
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18-Feb-2010 11:09 |
RobertMB |
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18-Feb-2010 21:54 |
slowkid |
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18-Feb-2012 23:33 |
Geno |
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21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
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26-Nov-2017 15:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
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