Victims Of Small Plane Crash In Burlington County Identified

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Two experienced pilots were the victims of Wednesday morning’s fatal plane crash in Burlington County, according to New Jersey State Police.

Robert Winner, 69, of Marlton has been identified as the pilot of the Hawker Beechcraft 58 Baron aircraft that crashed in a wooded area of Springfield Township at about 9:17 a.m. Timothy Scannevin, 71, of Southampton was the passenger. No one else was on the plane at the time of the crash.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). An investigator arrived in Springfield late Wednesday afternoon and remained on the scene Thursday morning. More information about the crash was expected to be released later in the day.

Winner was the owner of the plane, which crashed in the area of Smithville Jacksonville Road and Oxmead Road early Wednesday morning. His certificate was issued in 2005 and was valid through 2020, according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records.

The fixed-wing, multi-engine plane was built in 1996 by Raytheon, and didn’t appear to have any issues.
Scannevin was also a pilot, according to FAA records. He had been flying since at least 2013, when he purchased his plane.

Winner and Scannevin took off from South Regional Airport in Lumberton just after 9 a.m., according to FlightAware.com, a website used to track plane flights. Their plane crashed a few minutes after takeoff.

They were on a mission for the volunteer medical transport service Angel Flight, according to the Courier Post. Winner was a farmer who sold his 88-acre property on Centerton Road to the county for $7.1 million in 2005. The county turned the property into the Burlington County Agricultural Center.

Winner joined the organization in 2013, and flew 16 flights for Angel Flight during that time, according to nj.com. Scannevin wasn't affiliated with Angel Flight. They were on their way to pick up a medical patient in Massachusetts to receive treatment in Philadelphia.

Below is a video from the scene shortly after the crash, taken by Garrett Andrew Rodriguez-Maribona. He was one of the first people on the scene, and told Patch on Wednesday that he had seen the crash, although he wasn't sure what it was at the time. He reported the crash to 911, and went on a search with another man to see if there were any survivors following the crash.

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The video only shows pieces of the plane, including the propeller, and includes foul language. Viewer discretion advised.

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