Accidents
NTSB Releases Prelim on Connecticut Citation Crash
The NTSB found that the parking brake handle and the valve it controlled were in the set position in the crash of a Citation 560XL.

During takeoff from Robertson Field in Plainville, Connecticut, on September 2, a Cessna Citation 560XL impacted a powerline pole then crashed into a building, killing both pilots and the two passengers and causing serious injuries to one person and minor injuries to three people on the ground, according to the recently released NTSB preliminary report. The report further noted that the jet’s “parking brake handle…and the respective valve that it controlled, were both found in the brake set position.”