Airplane may not have enough fuel to make the trip

DETROIT (WILX) – A couple and their son crashed into their single-engine plane near Detroit, a mile and a half from the Coleman A. Young International Airport (Detroit City Airport) on Sunday.

The couple, Greg Boaz, 54, and Julie Boaz, 48, were killed in the accident. The plane was registered to an owner in Texas, but perhaps not where the couple was. The portion of the flight preceding the accident had begun in West Memphis, Arkansas. The couple had stopped there to look for fuel. The records indicate that they might not have had plenty of fuel tanks when they left West Memphis. It shows that they bought 60 gallons when the plane takes 89.

WDIV reports that they were traveling from Texas with Greg's 17-year-old son. The teenager survived the accident and managed to escape the fiery wreckage. He is in the hospital with his biological mother, who flew into Detroit separately on a commercial flight.

The Federal Aviation Administration stated that Boaz, who was the pilot, had reported problems with the plane just before the accident. He reported landing gear and low fuel problems just before the accident. When he called the tower, they told him to make a flight so that they could see if the landing gear was down. They circled the airport once and headed to the tower when the accident occurred.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the aircraft had encircled the runway and attempted to land in vacant and grassy terrain when it fell.

There was no other communication with the pilot at that time. Then 9-1-1 calls began to be heard regarding the overturned plane at Van Dyke and Middlebelt.

Detroit police captain Mark Thornton told reporters that the single-engine plane had apparently hit a power line and trees Sunday night. The investigators found broken branches and slaughtered limbs where they assume the plane hit a tree before striking an electrical line. Officials said that there was 250 "between the first sign of impact and the final resting site of the aircraft.

At a press conference Monday with the NTSB, News 10 discovered that the plane was a Cessna 210, which has been around for decades. The records show that it was purchased in April 2018 by the owner. The pilot's experience is in question, however, he had reported 650 hours in October 2017.

There was a fire that destroyed much of the plane. Investigators say that this will make it more difficult to review the electrical system.

Captain Thornton says "brave citizens" saved the survivor.

"The only thing I know, is that the plane crashed, and we started running towards it, it was a small flame, the flame went out. escaped and started to burn, and the young man on the plane screamed and screamed. work with that, with that ax, so that he can go out, "says Cordell Owens, the man who rescued the man in the plane.

Officials say that Greg Boaz's son is in the hospital with critical injuries.

Reports indicate that no one on the ground was injured. The full investigation may take more than a year, but the results of a preliminary investigation should be ready next week.