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Federal investigators will announce what they've determined to be the probable cause of a November 2015 jet crash into an Ellet apartment building.

The National Transportation Safety Board will deliver that news on Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C.

All nine aboard the plane died in the crash into the apartment while it was on approach to Akron Fulton Airport on November 10th of last year.

No one on the ground was injured in the crash.

(NTSB) The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to meet Tuesday to determine the probable cause of a Nov. 10, 2015, charter flight that crashed into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio.

Date/Time:
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. ET

Location:
NTSB Board Room and Conference Center
429 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC

The National Transportation Safety Board has a released a report with a number of documents related to that Ellet plane crash that killed nine aboard last November.

What they haven't released - the possible cause of the crash.

Cleveland.com reports that the NTSB won't talk about a possible cause, and isn't giving any analysis of the evidence released.

The plane crashed on approach to Akron Fulton Airport with all nine aboard killled - seven passengers who were scouting locations for a real estate company, and two pilots, all from Florida.

Though the plane destroyed an apartment building and wires on Mogadore Road, no one on the ground was hurt.

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The National Transportation Safety Board released its first report on last Tuesday's jet crash on approach to Akron Fulton Airport that killed nine. The preliminary report doesn't contain much new that hasn't been reported previously. It does note some of the wreckage including airframe, engines, primary flight controls, and landing gear were recovered and forwarded for further testing along with the voice data recorder.

Former FAA investigator Jeff Rich explains the information in the NTSB's preliminary report

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(FAA) Nonscheduled 14 CFR Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Accident occurred Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Akron, OH
Aircraft: BRITISH AEROSPACE HS 125 700A, registration: N237WR
Injuries: 9 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators traveled in support of this investigation and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.On November 10, 2015, about 1452 eastern standard time (EST), Execuflight flight 1526, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A, N237WR, departed controlled flight while on approach to landing at Akron Fulton International Airport (AKR) and impacted a 4-plex apartment building in Akron, Ohio. The pilot, copilot, and seven passengers died; no ground injuries were reported. The airplane was destroyed by the crash and a postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Rais Group International NC LLC and operated by Execuflight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 as an on-demand charter flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The flight departed from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), Dayton, Ohio, about 1413 EST and was destined for AKR.The airplane, which was based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, departed Cincinnati Municipal Airport-Lunken Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1112 EST on the day of the accident and arrived at MGY about 1125 EST. The airplane remained parked on the ramp at one of the fixed-base operators until departing for AKR.According to Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control and radar data, about 1438 EST, the Akron-Canton terminal radar approach control facility provided radar vectors to the accident airplane for the localizer runway 25 instrument approach procedure at AKR. A Piper PA-28-161 airplane performing flight training at the airport completed the localizer runway 25 instrument approach procedure at AKR before the accident airplane began its approach. According to the flight instructor on board the Piper PA-28-161, the airplane "broke out at minimums" on the localizer runway 25 approach and landed on runway 25. After the Piper PA-28-161 exited the runway, the flight instructor reported that he heard one of the pilots of the accident airplane state "Hawker Jet on a 10 mile final localizer 25" over the Unicom frequency. Subsequently, the flight instructor radioed to the accident airplane and stated "we broke out right at minimums." According to the flight instructor, one of the pilots of the accident airplane acknowledged this transmission with "thanks for the update." About 1452 EST, a motion-activated security camera located about 900 ft to the southeast of the accident site captured the airplane as it came in over the surrounding trees in a left-wing-down attitude about 1.8 nautical miles from the approach end of runway 25 at AKR. An explosion and postcrash fire were observed on the video just after the airplane flew out of the security camera's view.The postcrash fire consumed most of the airplane; however, the airframe, engines, primary flight controls, and landing gear were all accounted for at the accident site. The airplane was equipped with a Fairchild GA-100 tape unit cockpit voice recorder, which was recovered and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board's Vehicle Recorders Laboratory for examination. About 1450 EST, the surface weather observation at AKR was wind from 240 degrees at 7 knots; visibility 1 3/4 statute mile in mist; ceiling broken at 600 ft above ground level (agl); overcast ceiling at 900 ft agl; temperature 11 degrees C (52 degrees F); dew point 9 degrees C (48 degrees F); and altimeter 29.95 inches of mercury. 

The National Transportation Safety Board has provided another update into that jet crash into an Ellet apartment building that killed 9 people aboard.

NTSB vice-chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr says that significant parts of the Hawker jet have been taken away for examination.

"Both engines have been removed for further inspection off-site," she told reporters at an Akron news conference on Thursday. "and we're still searching for the digital engine computers to retrieve the engine data parameters."

Those engines are headed for Honeywell for further examination.

The cockpit voice recorder was damaged outside, though the tape inside was not damaged.

Still, the NTSB says that there were 30 minutes of "poor quality" audio from the flight crew.

"On the recording, the crew discussed the localizer approach procedures to runway 2-5 at Akron Fulton International," Dinh-Zarr said. "The crew also discussed weather conditions as being wind from 240 degrees at 8 knots, 1 1/2 miles visibility and 600 feet overcast."

Though fire consumed the main body of the plane, Dinh-Zarr says the plane was intact before impact, and they're examining the four corners of the plane...and looking for airplane parts in the wreckage.

The NTSB will have no more on-site briefings here, and will be in Akron the next couple of days.