Bowie Plane Crash Kills 3 Men on Training Flight From NJ
Summary
Aircraft Bowie Maryland in Bowie, Maryland: A single-engine Piper Cherokee on a training flight from Ocean City, New Jersey, crashed late Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. in a wooded strip behind a townhouse community in Bowie, Maryland, killing all three adult men aboard. The aircraft was en route to Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg when it went down near Routes 50 and 301. An iPhone crash alert notified Prince George's County Public Safety Communications shortly before midnight, and first responders included the Prince George's County Fire Department, Anne Arundel County Police and Aviation, Bowie City Police, Prince George's County Police Department, and Maryland State Police. Investigators believe the aircraft belongs to a local Montgomery County flight school and are reviewing maintenance records, the pilot's medical records, and flight history.
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Bowie Plane Crash Kills 3 Men on Training Flight From NJ