The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report Wednesday after the pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed into the roof of a building in Auburn earlier this month.
According to the NTSB, an experimental amateur-built Vans RV12 airplane took off from the Auburn Municipal Airport around 20 minutes before the crash for what was described as a "pleasure flight."
The report said shortly after takeoff the plane went southeast and turned around after reaching the eastern foothills of Mount Rainier and headed back toward the airport. The pilot intended to land but overflew the runway and transmitted that he had a "control failure."
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