Plane Received 3 Warnings Before Crashing On I-75 In FL: NTSB

NAPLES, FL — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report about a small plane that crashed on Interstate 75 in Naples on Feb. 9, killing both pilots.

The plane, a Bombardier Challenger 600 jet operated by Ace Aviation Services, was returning to Naples Municipal Airport from Ohio State University Airport, where it had flown earlier in the day. A cabin attendant, two passengers and one person on the ground suffered minor injuries in the fiery crash.

The plane recorded three master warnings starting at 3:09 p.m., seven minutes before the crash, preliminary review of data recovered from the plane’s flight data recorder shows.

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The first warning read, “L ENGINE OIL PRESSURE,” while the second immediately followed, reading, “R ENGINE OIL PRESSURE,” according to the report. Seconds later, the third warning simply read, “ENGINE.”

Twenty seconds later, the crew announced, “...lost both engines… emergency… making an emergency landing.”

Though the tower controller cleared the plane for land, the pilots were unable to do so at the airport, saying, “We are cleared to land but we are not going to make the runway… ah… we have lost both engines.”

There were no further transmissions from the flight crew and the plane’s track data ended at 3:10 p.m. while it was directly over I-75 in Naples, the report said.

Dashcam video footage submitted to NTSB shows the plane as it descended, making a shallow left turn and leveling its wings before it touched down while aligned with southbound traffic.