John Heinz
Date: | April 04, 1991 |
Location: | Marion, Pennsylvania |
Aircraft: | Piper Aerostar 601 / Bell 412SP |
Reg: | N3645D / N78S |
Airline: | N/A |
Flight No: | N/A |
Fatalities: | 5 : 5 +2 |
The wreckage of Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz's plane which crashed in a school yard killing him along with 4 others. Also killed were 2 children playing in the schoolyard. The plane crashed after the blades of a helicopter performing an in-air inspection of the landing gear struck the bottom of the plane. |