The student pilot was the only person on board, officials said.
Screenplay from WISN video
A student pilot was killed after a plane he was piloting crashed into a Wisconsin yard, officials said.
The 18-year-old flew out of Milwaukee airport before reporting problems with the plane’s engine around 3pm on Thursday, May 26th. Shortly thereafter, single-engine aircraft According to the Vauvatos Police Department, he fell behind the house.
The pilot was taken from a “badly damaged” plane and taken to hospital in critical condition, officials said. He had several injuries, and on May 28 was pronounced brain dead.
The 18-year-old was identified as Daniel Perelman of Brookfield, about 15 miles west of Milwaukee.
No one was injured in the accident. Prior to the incident, police said Peralman was flying in a single flight on a small Cessna 152 plane.
“Daniel flew out of Zimmerman Airport and made one pass, landed and left, and then told the radio that his engine had failed and he didn’t know what to do,” a report from the Milwaukee County Forensic Examiner’s Office said. . “Sergeant. stated that the flaps were raised, which could indicate a power failure, and this also indicates that the engine is not running.
After the two-seater plane crashed, footage from WISN and other media outlets showed mutilated wreckage in the Vauvatos area. Rashad Hicks said he heard a loud noise and could not believe it when his wife told him the plane crashed in their yard.
“There was a guy on the plane, so I was just trying to teach him to keep breathing,” Hicks told WISN.
As of May 30, the National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the accident and sent an investigator to the scene.
“Once at the scene, the investigator will begin the process of documenting the scene and inspecting the plane,” spokeswoman Jennifer Gabris said in an email to McClatchy News. “Part of the investigation will request radar data, weather information, maintenance records and medical records of the pilot. NTSB investigators will view humans, machines and the environment as a contour of the investigation. ”
Police asked anyone who saw the accident or filmed it to call 414-471-8430.
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