The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday that stated no conclusions about the cause of the plane crash that killed Coliseum Health Systems CEO Allen Golson.
Golson was at the controls of a Cessna 340A when it crashed short of the runway at the Ocala, Fla. airport on Friday. Golson's wife Carol survived the crash.
As investigators reported previously, the report said the landing- gear handle was in the retracted position.
But the report also says the landing gear actuator linkage "indicated an 'in transit' position and was in close proximity to the up/retracted position."
The report does not say if the 'in transit' position of the gear linkage was significant in itself or is inconsistent with the position of the gear handle.
The report says all engine controls were near the full-forward positions.
It said the plane hit the ground in a pasture and slid about 86 feet, and the main wreckage was just under two-thirds of a mile from the approach end of one of the airport's runways.
It said the plane was substantially damaged and the cockpit and cabin extensively burned from a "post-impact fire" after "a collision with terrain."
The local coroner has said an autopsy showed that Allen Golson died of thermal burns and smoke inhalation.
Small flecks of paint and part of a wing navigation light were found with the first ground scar, according to the NTSB report.
The NTSB says the current report is preliminary, and may be corrected or updated as their investigation continues.