The founder and CEO of a North Carolina clinical research organization was among those on the plane, officials said. Health Decisions of Durham said in a news release that Dr. Michael Rosenberg was among those killed. The other two passengers were not immediately identified.
Rosenberg was a pilot who crashed a different plane in Gaithersburg on March 1, 2010, according a government official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be named. Investigators were still trying to determine if Rosenberg was at the controls at the time of Monday’s crash.
Emily Gradwohl, 22, lives two doors down from the house the jet hit and ran outside to see what had happened. She said she heard the plane flying low over her house, the crash and explosion.
“I heard like a loud crash, and the whole house just shook,” Gradwohl said. “We got jackets on, ran outside and saw one of the houses completely set on fire.”
She said planes fly low over the neighbourhood every day but she had never worried about a crash before.
NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the plane, and they were in good condition, Sumwalt said. Investigators planned to remain on the scene for up to seven days collecting evidence.
The agency planned to look into everything that could have led to the crash, including crew experience and proficiency, training and procedures, equipment performance, weather and other environmental factors such as birds, Sumwalt said.
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