Pilot Killed In Lancaster County Plane Crash
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One person was killed in a small plane crash Sunday morning near Airport, according to the County Coroner's Office. The plane went down around 8 a.m., shortly after takeoff. The County Coroner's Office has identified the pilot as 58-year-old Musaddiq Nazeeri of Lebanon.
The plane was flown by Dr. Musaddiq Nazeeri, 58, of Lebanon, who was pronounced dead by the Lancaster County coroner at 8:51 a.m. Audio from the tower said he was headed to University Park Airport in Centre County, renamed in 2023 to State College Regional Airport.
An aircraft crashed in a field in the 2100 block of Kissel Hill Road in Warwick Township on Sunday morning. A coroner was on scene, but further details — including the type of a
In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the pilot of the Cessna 208B N716MM that crashed shortly after takeoff from Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township "reported a loss of engine power and attempted to glide the airplane back to runway 27 at Cross Keys Airport."