SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ind. — A preliminary report from the NTSB was released on a deadly plane crash in Henry County on Sept. 10.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. at a private landing strip near the intersection of U.S. 36 and North County Road 200 West. The small plane crashed upside down in a bean field.
The pilot, 82-year-old David Michael Province, from Middletown, Indiana, died.
According to an Indiana State Police spokesperson, the plane was headed west down the air strip and for an unknown reason, the plan crashed shortly after takeoff.
According to the preliminary NTSB report:
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that flight control continuity was confirmed from the cockpit controls to the flight control surfaces. The flaps were in the retracted position. The canopy was found locked and secured. The engine was functionally tested on the airframe at various throttle settings with no anomalies noted.
Henry County is approximately 50 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis.
This is the second deadly plane crash in four days in central Indiana. Four men from Iowa, between the ages of 19 and 68, were killed when a plane crash in Anderson on Friday, Sept. 6.