(Nashville) An Ontario couple and their three children have been identified as the victims of a fatal plane crash in Nashville, United States.
Nashville police identified the pilot of the single-engine plane as Victor Dotsenko, 43, of King Township, Ontario, in a post Wednesday.
The post on the social network
King Township Mayor Steve Pellegrini expressed his condolences to the family’s friends and relatives Wednesday evening, calling the event a “heartbreaking and devastating loss” in a close-knit community.
A single-engine plane crashed along a highway in Nashville Monday evening, killing all five people on board.
Investigator Aaron McCarter of the National Transportation Safety Board said the flight originated in Ontario and made stops along the way, likely to refuel, including in Erie, Pa., and Mount Sterling, Pa. Kentucky.
In a recording of radio transmissions, the pilot informed air traffic controllers that his engine had stopped, that he had flown over John C. Tune Airport and was circling in an attempt to land.
A runway was clear at the airport, but the pilot indicated that the plane had already descended to 1,600 feet (488 meters) and was too far away that he would not make it.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said it had assigned a representative to the U.S.-led investigation.
The plane was based at the Brampton Flight Centre, which is owned and operated by the Brampton Flying Club, its general manager, Allan Paige, revealed. He, however, could not say whether the plane had taken off from there, because the airport is not controlled and does not have flight records.
The Canadian Civil Aircraft Register indicates that the plane was registered in affiliation with a numbered company last July. The company is registered to an address in Vaughan, Ontario, according to provincial business records.
with information from the Associated Press