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Updated: 9:12 PM May 5, 2008
NTSB Releases Report on Fatal Airplane Crash in Northern NM
The NTSB says oil from a broken pressurized line sprayed onto a hot turbocharger, igniting a fire that caused a fatal plane crash in Northern NM last August. Two people died. The flight was en route from Liberal, KS to Albuquerque. Posted: 9:12 PM May 5, 2008 |
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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) _ Federal investigators say an engine compartment fire triggered by a ruptured oil line caused a small
airplane to crash in New Mexico, killing the pilot and his wife.
Glenn Elliott and his wife Laurie McKnight -- both 75 -- were killed last August 27 on a flight from Liberal, Kansas, to Albuquerque. Elliott was a retired Sandia National Laboratories engineer and McKnight was a retired teacher. They were the only two people aboard the single-engine Elliott Cirrus VK30 that crash-landed in an open field in northern New Mexico.
The NTSB said oil from a broken pressurized oil line sprayed onto a hot turbocharger, causing the in-flight fire.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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