NORFOLK, VA — Three people were confirmed killed in a small plane crash that was reported in Norfolk, Virginia on Wednesday, March 4th, 2015. Local news did not say when the accident happened.
Three people died when the Mooney 20 plane they were in crashed at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens after attempting a landing at a nearby airport. Officials have not said what they think happened in the accident.
Three people were killed. The pilot was identified as Michael Buxton.
The investigation is ongoing.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
With any kind of plane crash, NTSB typically conducts the investigation. The main problem with this? The NTSB is tragically overburdened with case backlogs, and are woefully understaffed. Because of this, these investigations can take up to a year or even a year and a half to complete. If the investigation finds liability somewhere in the chain of events that led to the accident, this means surviving families and victims have had almost three quarters of the time they have to file a claim wiped out. To combat this, an independent investigation can deliver answers to nagging questions that usually hang over an accident like this. Independent investigators are not swamped with cases all over the country, so they can hone in on details that the NTSB can miss in their efforts to move on to the next case.
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