DC/VA - Light plane crashes after chase by jet fighters in Washington area, 4 June 2023

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FAA confirms crash of plane in 'mountainous terrain,' social media tags Staunton

The FAA has confirmed the crash of a plane.
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The crash is located 300 feet below the peak of a mountain, according to the spotting aircraft. Traffic among rescue crews mentioned the intersection of Beech Grove Road and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

"Northeast of Mount Carmel Church at the tallest peak," a firefighter in the church parking lot reported seeing smoke from that location.

According to first responder units heard over an open channel due to lack of cell service, the plane ran into problems at 30K feet. Had to land and was being escorted to D.C. by two military aircraft. They stayed with the plane and broke off when it went below 6k feet. Due to angle of travel, they believe it’s a couple of miles west of the originally plotted location.

The FAA statement reads:

A Cessna Citation crashed into mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., around 3:30 p.m. local time on June 4. The aircraft took off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tenn., and was bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York.
 
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Mystery ‘explosion’ heard across Washington DC as small plane crashes into mountain

Annapolis ‘explosion’ today
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A mysterious “explosion” has been heard across a large area surrounding Washington DC on Sunday afternoon.

The “loud boom” reportedly shook houses and rattled windows in the US capital and was heard as far away as northern Virginiaand Annapolis, Maryland, at about 3.15pm.

The City of Annapolis Office of Emergency Management said in a tweet that the deafening sound came from an authorised US Department of Defense flight which had flown at faster than the speed of sound, causing a sonic boom.

According to flight tracker website FlightRadar24, a plane with a registration number N611VG took off from the Elizabethton, flying over New Jersey and New York before descending into a mountain in Virginia.


According to the Aviation Safety website, the plane veered of its planned route about 1 hour 15 minutes into the flight. It went past its intended destination in Long Island, and began a rapid descent spiral shortly before it crashed, according to the site.

The fixed-wing multi engine plane is owned by Florida company Encore Motors of Melbourne, according to the FAA.
 
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VSP: Search underway for possible plane crash in Staunton area

Virginia State Police said a search is underway after police were notified of a possible plane crash in the Staunton area of the Blue Ridge Parkway at 3:50 p.m.
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Authorities said nothing has been located at this time, and state police are unable to fly the area due to fog and low clouds within the mountains.
 
OMG

Public aviation records said the plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company. Reached by phone, John Rumpel said he was the owner of Encore. Asked whether the plane that crashed was owned by Encore, he said: “To the best of my knowledge.” Rumpel said his “entire family” was on board, including his daughter, a grandchild and her nanny. “We know nothing about the crash,” he said. “We are talking to the FAA now. … I’ve got to keep the line clear.”

 
Gardenista said:
OMG

Public aviation records said the plane that crashed was registered to Encore Motors of Melbourne, a Florida-based company. Reached by phone, John Rumpel said he was the owner of Encore. Asked whether the plane that crashed was owned by Encore, he said: “To the best of my knowledge.” Rumpel said his “entire family” was on board, including his daughter, a grandchild and her nanny. “We know nothing about the crash,” he said. “We are talking to the FAA now. … I’ve got to keep the line clear.”

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Times like this are when I hate the journalistic desire to get a "scoop." Mr. Rumpel must be distraught right now.
 

Three people with knowledge of the event said the military did not shoot the plane down and there is no indication that the military caused the crash. The jets used flares to try to get the Cessna pilot’s attention, NORAD said.

The Cessna was intercepted at about 3:20 p.m., but the pilot remained unresponsive and crashed near the George Washington National Forest, officials said.

Data from flight tracking service Flightradar24 shows a plane matching the Citation’s description and flight path reaching Long Island before turning around. The plane flew directly over Washington before the data ends near Staunton, Va.


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Virginia plane crash: Owner of Cessna identifies 2 family members, pilot

A small plane entered restricted airspace in the D.C. area before crashing in southwest Virginia.
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Pilot was ‘unresponsive,’ NORAD says​

Update 7:03 p.m. EDT June 4: According to a news release from the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the jets “were authorized to travel at supersonic speeds.”

The jets also used flares in an attempt to get the pilot’s attention, NORAD said.

The agency said that the aircraft was intercepted at about 3:20 p.m. EDT and that the pilot was “unresponsive.” The plane later crashed in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia.
 
UPDATE 7:50 p.m.

"If you can see the helicopter, he is hovering over the site."

"They grounded the drones, correct?" from the helicopter.

"Sheriff's office checking?"

"I got a news helicopter up here that's cramping my style," says the state police chopper.

There's confusion on the ground which copter they should be looking at, because of the news chopper.
The state chopper is hovering now over the site. "Hovering over in 3 seconds... hovering over the site."

From the ground, "They got you." The chopper says the site is "just up the ridge" from that last set of coordinates.

"I'm gonna get out of this valley, and get a little higher."
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FAA confirms crash of plane in 'mountainous terrain,' social media tags Staunton

The FAA has confirmed the crash of a plane.
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