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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
U.S. Bank executive confirmed as pilot in fatal Brooklyn Park plane crash
U.S. Bank executive Terrance 'Terry' Dolan, 63, of Edina, was officially identified as the pilot flying the small plane that crashed into a Brooklyn Park house last weekend, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office announced Tuesday. The day after the crash, U.S. Bank had said the Minneapolis-based company believed that Dolan, its vice chair and chief administrative officer, had been piloting the plane, a single-engine Socata TBM7. The crash occurred about 12:20 p.m. Saturday near 109th Avenue North and Noble Parkway. One of the two occupants of the house was home at the time and was able to escape without injury. Nobody else was killed or injured besides Dolan. The house was destroyed by the plane nose-diving into the roof and the subsequent fire. One neighboring home suffered damage to its siding and some homes had debris from the crash in their yards, authorities said. Dolan was flying back to Minnesota from Naples, Fla. After a stop in Des Moines, Iowa, he departed for the Anoka County-Blaine Airport, which is a few miles from the crash site. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash. High school hockey coach, Lakeville officer returns home 2 months after injury U.S. Bank exec believed to be sole fatality in Brooklyn Park plane crash Passenger flight to MSP and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport Anoka County Jail inmate collapses, dies 'Just too trusting': North metro woman shares bank scam story in hopes of sparing others
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
Minnesota authorities identify plane crash victim as U.S. Bank executive
U.S. Bank vice chair Terry Dolan was the only person on board a single-engine airplane that crashed and exploded over the weekend, a Minnesota medical examiner confirmed Tuesday. Dolan, 63, was killed when the SOCATA TBM7, which had taken off from Des Moines, Iowa, fell from the sky Saturday in Brooklyn Park, about 5 miles short of its destination at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis. The plane crashed into a house, which burned to the ground. One person was in the house when it was hit but was able to flee without any serious injuries, officials said. Dolan's time and location of death were formally listed as 12:22 p.m. at 10792 Kyle Ave. North in Brooklyn Park. 'This individual was the pilot of an airplane that crashed at the above location,' according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner report. 'Cause of death is multiple blunt force injuries.' The medical examiner, FAA and NTSB are all investigating. This article was originally published on
NBC News
01-04-2025
- NBC News
Minnesota authorities identify plane crash victim as U.S. Bank executive
U.S. Bank vice chair Terry Dolan was the only person on board a single-engine airplane that crashed and exploded over the weekend, a Minnesota medical examiner confirmed Tuesday. Dolan, 63, was killed when the SOCATA TBM7, which had taken off from Des Moines, Iowa, fell from the sky Saturday in Brooklyn Park, about 5 miles short of its destination at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis. The plane crashed into a house, which burned to the ground. One person was in the house when it was hit but was able to flee without any serious injuries, officials said. Dolan's time and location of death were formally listed as 12:22 p.m. at 10792 Kyle Ave. North in Brooklyn Park. 'This individual was the pilot of an airplane that crashed at the above location,' according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner report. 'Cause of death is multiple blunt force injuries.' The medical examiner, FAA and NTSB are all investigating.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Officials: 1 person aboard the plane that departed from Des Moines, crashed in Minnesota
Federal authorities arrived in Minnesota on Sunday to start their investigation into a small plane that departed from Des Moines and crashed into a suburban Minneapolis home on Saturday. Investigators said the crash killed all aboard the single-engine turboprop plane and the crash engulfed the house in flames. The Socata TBM 700 plane crashed in Brooklyn Park around 12:22 p.m. Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The aircraft departed Des Moines International Airport and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis, according to the agency. There were no survivors in the plane, Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Shawn Conway said Saturday. Investigators believe one person, the pilot, was on board the aircraft, but did not release any names on Sunday. According to FlightAware, the single-prop plane flew from Naples, Florida, and stopped in Des Moines at around 10:30 a.m. The plane took off 45 minutes later. The Socata TBM 700 left Des Moines International Airport at 11:12 a.m. and was scheduled to land in Blaine sometime between 12:11 p.m. and 12:28 p.m., according to the FAA and flight records. The northern flight path was about 280 miles. The plane crashed six minutes before its scheduled landing time. Officials do not know if any additional passengers boarded the flight while it stopped in Des Moines, but believe only one person was on board the plane when it crashed. Tim Sorensen, an aviation accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said he arrived in Minnesota on Sunday to begin documenting the site. "We will begin recovering the aircraft later this afternoon, and the aircraft will be taken to a secure location where a more detailed examination will be conducted," he said during a press conference on Sunday. Investigators will also look at the weather, the background experience of the pilot, the status of the aircraft, the maintenance of the aircraft, and other factors that could have caused the crash. "The investigation is just getting started. We don't have a lot of answers right now," Sorensen said. Sorensen said the fire caused "significant damage" to the plane. A preliminary report should come out in 10 to 14 days, he said. Investigators believe one person was on board the aircraft when it crashed. They have not released the name of the one person who died in the plane crash. "Current information we have is that there was one individual on board," Sorensen said. "We have to make sure we have scientific identification before we release that to the public," Hennepin County Medical Examiner forensic anthropologist Dr. Jessica Campbell said regarding releasing the name of the victim. More: No survivors on plane that crashed in Minnesota that departed from Des Moines The plane is registered to DGW Enterprises in Edina, Minnesota. Officials said the plane landed on the roof of the home in Brooklyn Park and engulfed the home in flames upon impact. There was one resident in the home at the time who was able to escape and sustained no injuries, Conway said. Reporting from Kyle Werner contributed to this article. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Officials say one person on board the plane that crashed in Minnesota
CNN
30-03-2025
- CNN
At least 1 dead after small plane crashes into home near Minneapolis and ignites fire, officials say
At least one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon, setting the house on fire, officials said. The aircraft, a small executive transport plane capable of carrying six people, struck the home around 12:20 p.m. local time as it was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. There are no survivors from the small plane, Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Shawn Conway said at a news conference. It's still unclear how exactly many people were on the aircraft, but officials are confirming at least one fatality, Brooklyn Park city spokesperson Risikat Adesaogun told CNN. No fatalities were reported from inside the house. Video footage from the scene shows the home fully engulfed in flames as several onlookers are heard being told by fire officials on a loudspeaker: 'The house is on fire. Please back away from the house near the fire!' Several fire trucks were on site. When the fire department arrived on scene, the incident commander saw a 'fully involved structure fire,' Conway said. The aircraft wasn't found until after the fire was contained, he added. 'What we're asking for right now is for the neighborhood to please give us a little opportunity to continue to process the scene and work through this. There were no occupant fatalities. Everybody was exited the home safely,' Conway said. A Ring camera captured the moment the plane appears to fall out of the sky before it is heard crashing into a neighborhood. Cindy Leitschuh told CNN her family had unknowingly caught video of the plane. While her husband Curt and their 8-year-old son were out front playing catch, they had set off their Ring camera. 'My 8-year-old son actually saw the plane going up and down,' Leitschuh said. 'He thought it was a drone. And then he's like: 'Yeah, I saw this plane going up and down and left and right, and then I saw a bunch of black smoke.' So then my husband went and looked at the Ring and saw it was on our Ring.' In a statement on X, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said: 'My team is in touch with local officials on the scene in Brooklyn Park and we are monitoring the situation closely. Grateful to the first responders answering the call.' At the news conference, Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston thanked Walz for 'supporting us and providing resources to our city.' 'I will say that as a community and as a city, we're very much going to surround the families that have been affected by this,' Winston said. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, the FAA said. The NTSB will lead that probe and provide any updates. The agencies are making their way to Minnesota on Saturday and will be 'carrying out some of their duties as the investigation goes on,' said city spokesperson Adesaogun, who added more information will likely become available on Sunday. The suburb of Brooklyn Park lies about 11 miles north of Minneapolis. CNN's Sarah Dewberry contributed to this report.
