The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on last month’s deadly plane crash on I-195 in Dartmouth.

 

According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, the single-engine Socata TBM 700 crashed into the woods by the highway in the area of Exit 19, and the fuselage ended up in the median.

 

The two people on board, Thomas Perkins, 68, and Agatha Perkins, 66, of Middletown, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The three-page report says Thomas filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan from New Bedford Regional Airport to Kenosha Regional Airport in Wisconsin.

 

An IFR flight plan is used when a pilot intends to navigate a route using only instruments, typically due to poor weather.

 

Shortly after departure, the pilot said he would be returning to the airport, according to the report.

 

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