Report: Pilot in fatal Hope Mills crash had issues with controls
HOPE MILLS — A repair on a cockpit electronic control issue had not been completed on a private airplane that crashed into a home near Hope Mills late last month before the pilot took it up to fly under nighttime visual conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.While on an approach to runway 4 at Fayetteville Municipal Airport on the night of June 27, the pilot, Bill Merritt of Fayetteville, reported control issues with the aircraft […]
