Preliminary Report On Plane Crash That Killed Scarsdale Family

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Another plane took off from the same airport and made it to its destination successfully though it took a different route.

SCARSDALE, NY — A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the crash of a small plane that took the lives of a Scarsdale family found that it didn’t take the same route as another did earlier in the day.

The crash occurred Dec. 31, 2017, near Corozalito, Costa Rica.

Twelve people died in the crash including Bruce and Irene Steinberg of Scarsdale and their sons Matthew, William and Zachary.

According to the NTSB, the Cessna 208B airplane was taking off from Islita Airport near Corozalito, Costa Rica, and was bound for Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica.

It was the second of two airplanes taking hotel guests from the Islita airport to the Santamaria airport that day.

The first airplane left Islita using runway three and made a right turn after liftoff through a pass through the hills that led back out to the ocean. It reached its destination successfully.

The plane that crashed did not make the same right turn during departure, but continued on a runway heading.

That led the plane to a valley from which there was no exit, due to rising terrain on either side.

The Cessna crashed into the northwest side of the valley about a half mile from the end of runway three.

There were two crew members and 10 passengers on the flight.

NTSB said the preliminary report is subject to change and may contain errors.

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