TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS RESPOND TO KING AIR ACCIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

February 1, 2008

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TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS RESPOND TO KING AIR ACCIDENT IN NORTH 
CAROLINA

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team 
of four to investigate the crash of a Beechcraft King Air in 
Mount Airy, North Carolina.

At about 11:30 a.m. EST today, a twin-engine turboprop 
(N57WR) on a business flight from Polk County, Georgia, to 
Mount Airy, North Carolina, crashed in a residential area.  
All six occupants of the airplane were fatally injured.  
There were no reports of injuries on the ground.  

Todd Gunther is the Investigator-in-Charge.  Information 
regarding the investigation will be released from the 
accident scene in Mount Airy.  The team is expected to 
arrive on-scene this evening.

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Peter Knudson
(202) 314-6100
peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx

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