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The National Transportation Safety Board is out with its preliminary report on an April plane crash in Boca Raton.
The twin-engine Cessna was on its first flight after having its annual inspection completed and it was learned that the pilot was having rudder problems, which prevented the plane from turning right.
The aircraft had taken off from the Boca Raton Airport en route to Tallahassee on April 11th when it went down along Military Trail after doing several loops in mid-air.
The report notes that the plane's initial impact point was when it hit several trees in the median of the road.
All three people on board were killed, including 81-year old Robert Stark, his son 54-year old Stephen Stark and granddaughter 17-year-old Brooke Stark all from our area.
A driver of a car struck by falling debris sustained minor injuries.
The NTSB says the fuselage, including the cockpit, sustained "significant thermal damage" from the fire that occurred at the crash, and most of it was "consumed." The wreckage is still being examined and a final report on the crash could take one to two years.