"Pilot errors, fatigue led to deadly Ga. jet crash" Associated Press October 22, 2014
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The pilot of a private jet failed to follow correct landing procedures and probably was fatigued from a lack of sleep when the plane went down in a fiery crash in eastern Georgia last year, killing a vascular surgeon and four co-workers on board, federal investigators concluded in a report Tuesday.
Richard Trammell was at the controls of the jet on the evening of Feb. 20, 2013, when it aborted a landing attempt at a small airport in Thomson, and struck a 72-foot utility pole less than 2,000 feet from the runway. The plane was carrying Dr. Steven Roth and his surgical staff based in Augusta.
The only survivors were Trammell and his co-pilot, Jeremy Hayden, who both suffered severe injuries.
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