No 'Remarkable Turbulence' During Flight Where MOCO Woman Died: NTSB

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT —There was no "remarkable turbulence" during the private flight that led to the death of a Montgomery Countyl lMaryland woman, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Due to a disturbance on the Bombardier Challenger 300 flight headed from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, pilots diverted to Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

The NTSB report said that pilots aborted a first takeoff attempt after receiving conflicting information on their flight display. When the plane headed for a second takeoff attempt, the NTSB said the pilots received a cautionary message but continued the flight since it was not a warning.

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At 6,000 feet, the pilots received multiple caution messages warning of an autopilot stabilizer trim failure. The pilots then began to work through a checklist and moved the stabilizer to the off position — turning off autopilot — when the plane abruptly pitched up, according to the report.

The pilot regained control of the plane within a few seconds while its pitch oscillated up and down, the report said.

Flight crews were then notified of 55-year-old Dana Hyde's injuries, after which they made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport. Hyde was taken to a Hartford hospital, where she died, police said.

Hyde's cause of death was blunt force injuries to the head, neck, body, and extremities, according to a report by NBC Connecticut citing the chief medical examiner's office.

"The flight crew reported that they did not experience any remarkable turbulence during the flight, nor during the time immediately surrounding the in-flight upset event," the NTSB report said.

The newly-updated report said no one else was hurt and the plane wasn't damaged.

According to her bio, Hyde was a mother of two boys and a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in law, public policy, and international development who served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations and in the State Department.

Her LinkedIn profile states she was a Georgetown-educated lawyer who earned her B.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. She most recently worked with the Aspen Institute, a humanitarian nonprofit. She also served as counsel to the 9/11 Commission from 2002 to 2004.