(Spotsylvania)-At 12:26 p.m., Friday (August 12, 2016), Virginia State Police received a report of a plane crash near Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg, Va.
A 1969 Beech 95-B55 twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft was attempting to land at the Shannon Airport. Further investigation by the state police, NTSB and FAA have determined that the aircraft touched down midway down the runway and then executed a “go-around.” As it attempted to turn and climb, it appeared to have stalled as it made it beyond the railroad tracks at the end of the airport property. The plane banked left, crashed in the trees and immediately caught fire. Official time of the crash was 12:24 p.m.
A total of six bodies were recovered from the burnt wreckage of the plane. The remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for positive identification, examination and autopsy.
The decedents have been identified as the following:
Pilot: William C. Hamerstadt, 64, of Carmel, Ind.
Passengers:
Robert D. Ross, 73, of Louisville, Ky. (owner of the plane)
Lisa K. Borenstein, 52, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Luke J. Borenstein, 19, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Emma R. Borenstein, 15, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Maren Timmermann, 15, of Berlin, Germany
The aircraft departed Louisville, Ky., Friday morning (Aug. 12). It stopped in Shelbyville, Ind., and continued to its final destination of Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg, Va.
Virginia State Police were assisted at the crash site by the Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management; Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department; Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department; National Park Service; and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Virginia State Police Trooper T.J. Ferrara and the NTSB and FAA. State police and the NTSB are still at the scene today (Aug. 13).