Pilot Reported Engine Problems Before Crashing into Plainville Home

Photo: The home on Bridle Path fully engulfed in flames after a plane crashed into it early Sunday night in Plainville. Photo was taken by neighbor Mary O’Rourke.

An air traffic control tower can be heard in recently released audio attempting to guide an airplane to interstate 495 before it crashed into a home in Plainville.

“Sir, we’re not doing jack. We’ve got a real bad vibration. We’re losing engines” the pilot said to the tower according to WHDH.

The pilot requested an emergency landing at the nearest airport but with altitude dropping and the pilot unfamiliar with the area, the plane was directed to the highway.

On its way to the highway, the pilot stops responding to calls from the tower before dropping off the radar.

At around 6 p.m., the plane would crash into a Plainville home, killing all three people on board. Miraculously, the family of four in the house was not hurt.

Coming from Pennsylvania, the plane’s destination was Norwood Memorial Airport in Norwood.

The crash is now being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.