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Mon June 5, 2023
No survivors were found at the crash site of a plane whose pilot was unresponsive as it flew near the Washington, DC, area Sunday, prompting military fighter jets to attempt to intercept the aircraft before it ultimately crashed, authorities say.
First responders reached the site Sunday evening, about four hours after state and local authorities launched a ground and air search for the crashed aircraft, Virginia State Police said.
The pilot of the civilian aircraft was unresponsive as the F-16 fighter jets attempted to make contact, according to a news release from the Continental US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region.
The F-16 jets were “authorized to travel at supersonic speeds,” which resulted in the sonic boom heard in the Washington, DC, area.
The F-16s used flares “in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot,” the release added.
The civilian aircraft, a Cessna 560 Citation V, was intercepted by the NORAD jets around 3:20 p.m. and ultimately crashed near the George Washington National Forest in Virginia.
On her Facebook profile, Barbara commented on an unrelated post of others asking if she was on the plane and sending prayers, writing, “My family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter.”
John Rumpel told the Washington Post his family members, including his daughter, a grandchild and her nanny, were on board. He told The New York Times the family was returning home to East Hampton, New York, after a four-day trip to his home in North Carolina, and added his granddaughter is 2 years old.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/314788
Date: 04-JUN-2023
Time: c. 15:25
Type: Silhouette image of generic C560 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 560 Citation V
Owner/operator: Encore Motors of Melbourne Inc
Registration: N611VG
MSN: 560-0091
Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Staunton, VA - United States of America
ADS-B data show that the airplane conducted a course reversal about 1h15m into the flight,
the airplane flew past the reported destination of Long Island MacArthur Airport (KISP), New York,
and continued on a straight path for about 50m.
The data shows that the airplane began a rapid descending right spiral from 34000 feet,
followed by another spiral at 20000 feet,
the last ADS-B return showed an average rate of -28864 ft/min.
