Courtesy: ocala.com
Courtesy: ocala.com
Courtesy: ocala.com
Investigators inspected the engines and landing gear of the plane that crashed in Florida, killing Coliseum Health CEO, Allen Golson.
That's according to National Transportation Safety Board investigator, Ralph Hicks.
Hicks says they spent the weekend going through the plane's wreckage, which was cleared from the scene Saturday afternoon.
Hicks says they spent Sunday looking at the landing gear.
He describes it as almost up or retracted, and says the pilot's handle was in the retracted position.
Hicks also says they spent much of the day taking apart the engines.
"As of now, we see no obvious signs of engine failure," Hicks says, "Everything appears to be normal in appearance at this time. And the in-crank shafts, one on each that rotate freely, we see no signs at this point of no internal engine failure."
Hicks says the crash site was a half mile south-southwest approaching the runway in Ocala, Florida.
Hicks says they have not yet located the aircraft maintenance records.
Golson's plane crashed on Friday near Ocala, Florida. His wife Carol was pulled from the plane with non-life threatening injuries.
Golson recently announced he was leaving Coliseum for a CEO job with Ocala Health System. Both systems are owned by HCA.