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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Plane Crashes

On August 14, 2006, a 1966 Piper Aztec operated by Spring City Aviation, Inc., in Waukesha, Wisconsin crashed as it attempted to land at the Chippewa County International Airport in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, killing all four people on board. Witnesses report seeing the plane turn left back toward the airport at almost a 90 deg. angle before it crashed nose first into the ground adjacent to a prison fence. The lack of major damage to the fence and the almost no lateral ground damage, indicates a near vertical impact which resulted in a post-impact ground fire in which the majority of the aircraft was destroyed.

Killed in the crash was Spancrete executive, Daniel Nagy, 2 company employees and the pilot. Spancrete is a located in Waukesha which provides precast and pre-stressed concrete for structures worldwide and was founded by Nagy's grandfather. According to the NTSB report, Nagy was getting flight instructions from the pilot at the time of the crash. It goes on to state Nagy didn't stay in control of the plane while circling to land and didn't abort the landing when he should have.