The preliminary report on the Bellefonte-area airplane crash that killed six people Saturday will be released today.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Senior Air Safety Investigator Paul Cox said the report will include "the facts, conditions and circumstances so far" with regards to the accident.
"Hopefully it will be out [today]," he said. "It's being reviewed."
The crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday along Route 150 on the construction site of the new Centre County Correctional Facility. Killed in the crash were Jeffrey Jacober, 51; Karen Jacober, 49; Eric Jacober, 15; Gregg Weingeroff, 49; Dawn Weingeroff, 42; and Leland Weingeroff, 10; all from Providence, R.I. Jeffrey Jacober, Karen Jacober and Eric Jacober are the parents and brother of Michael Jacober, captain of the Penn State men's lacrosse team.
Cox said he did not want to comment on the report before it was released, but added that many factors are still being considered, including the amount of fuel in the airplane. He said there was an odor of fuel at the scene.
"We are still examining the fuel issue, just like we are examining all the issues," he said.
Centre County Administrative Service Director Tim Boyde said the NTSB has concluded its preliminary on-scene investigation. Boyde added that the plane seemed to have enough fuel for the trip from Naples, Fla., to University Park.
"Each wing had a maximum capacity of 203 gallons for a total of 406 gallons," he said. "My understanding is there was sufficient fuel and it had sufficient range."
University Park Airport Director Bryan Rodgers said there were icing emergencies reported by other airplanes en route to the University Park airport on Saturday.
"You can go days or weeks without [icing problems] reported," he said. "What was unusual was the number of emergencies within a five-hour time span. It's not typical."
Rodgers said icing problems were reported by individual airplanes at 1:32 p.m., 2:42 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
"In my time here as director, about 15 months, I have not seen this many reported in [a similar] time period," he said.
