NTSB report reveals elements in Might crash that killed 6 together with musician

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A preliminary investigation right into a Might aircraft crash which claimed the lives of six individuals, together with The Satan Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams, supplied extra perception into the reason for the deadly collision.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board's preliminary report indicated that not solely had been defective runway lights a problem, however climate could have affected the pilot's capacity to land safely on the airport close to San Diego, Calif.

"The controller knowledgeable the pilot that the Automated Floor Observing System (ASOS) at MYF (Montgomery-Gibbs Govt Airport) was out of service and the pilot acknowledged that he was conscious of that," the report acknowledged. The runway lights had not been working since March 28, 2022.

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Drummer Daniel Williams of The Satan Wears Prada was one in every of six individuals killed in Might aircraft crash. (Chelsea Lauren/WireImage/AP Photograph)

MYF is a tower-controlled airport between the hours of seven a.m. and 6 p.m., in response to the report, and operates as an uncontrolled airport throughout the remaining hours of the day.

The pilot, who was permitted to fly the Cessna S550 single-pilot plane on Dec. 15, 2024, mentioned "alternate airport climate circumstances with the controller within the occasion he needed to carry out a missed method," in response to the report.

Climate circumstances at Marine Corp Air Station Miramar (NKS), roughly 4 miles north of the airport, had been described as calm wind, with ½ mile visibility and an indefinite 200-foot ceiling.

The pilot allegedly acknowledged he would notify Southern California Terminal Radar Method Management of his choice for an alternate airport, however didn't achieve this throughout the the rest of the flight.

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"When the airplane was about 10 mi northeast of NESTY, the controller requested the pilot if he was going to ‘make your descent’ and requested if he would really like vectors to the south. The pilot replied, ‘I believe we’ll be alright,’" the report acknowledged.

Authorities work the scene of a home the place a small aircraft crashed right into a San Diego neighborhood, setting a number of houses on hearth and forcing evacuations alongside a number of blocks early Thursday, Might 22, 2025. (AP Photograph/Gregory Bull)

Investigators comb by way of the positioning the place a small aircraft crashed on a San Diego, California, residential road on Might 22, 2025. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP)

"The controller knowledgeable the pilot that he was 5 miles from NESTY and instructed them to cross NESTY at or above 3,800 ft msl, and that he was cleared the RNAV method to runway 28R at MYF, which the pilot acknowledged."

The pilot then made a place name that he was at three miles on the method, adopted by "the sound of the microphone button being keyed seven occasions, in keeping with an try and activate the pilot-controlled runway lighting."

Roughly 2.9 nautical miles from the airport, the Cessna was flying too low for the runway at an altitude of about 1,190 ft msl over PALOS. The minimal crossing altitude was listed at or above 1,380 ft msl.

The crash, which occurred earlier than 4 a.m., left an enormous particles discipline and broken a lot of houses. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP)

The first identified point of contact was roughly 1.8 nm from the runway when the plane broken energy transmission strains which had been 90-95 ft above the bottom, the NTSB acknowledged.

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Parts of the aircraft had been positioned about 200 ft downrange of the strains, with a particles discipline reaching multiple mile away on a residential road. The airplane impacted one residential construction and 20 automobiles, which had been broken or destroyed by influence or post-impact hearth.

The airplane was not geared up with a flight information recorder. A cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the wreckage, the NTSB stated.

Dave Shapiro, a music business government within the heavy steel and exhausting rock scene, was additionally killed within the aircraft crash. (Stephanie Siau/Sound Expertise Group)

"The repairs of the affected RAI lighting elements and alternative of the sunshine system have been delayed awaiting completion of an environmental examine. All different runway lighting was operable on the time of the accident," NTSB stated within the report.

Dave Shapiro, a music industry executive within the heavy steel and exhausting rock scene, and drummer Daniel Williams had been amongst these killed within the crash. Eight individuals reported minor accidents on the bottom.

Shapiro had a pilot’s license and was listed because the proprietor of the aircraft that crashed, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration. He was among the many six individuals killed within the crash, together with two workers, the music company Sound Expertise Group confirmed on the time.

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"We're devastated by the lack of our co-founder, colleagues and associates. Our hearts exit to their households and to everybody impacted by at present’s tragedy," the music company he co-founded, Sound Expertise Group, wrote in an announcement.