NTSB issues report in plane crash
Desireã Hood Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years AGO
SANDPOINT — In its initial report released this week, the National Transportation Safety Board did not an indication on why a plane carrying Dr. Pam Bird, and Donald and Bessie “Tookie” Hensley crahed shortly after takeoff Oct. 8 near Hope.
The NTSB report detailed the plane’s flight path and described the wreckage of the crash on the flank of Round Top Mountain.
Bird was piloting a Cessna 182P, leaving from the Bird Museum airstrip around 8 a.m. Shortly after, the plane impacted large pine trees near a mountain ridge line, and was destroyed by a post-crash fire. There was no flight plan filed, however, the plane was destined for Minot, N.D., according to the report.
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