Overview
- Shortly after takeoff from New Bedford for Kenosha, the pilot reported returning and was cleared to land after declining assistance.
- About a minute later the controller issued a low-altitude alert the pilot acknowledged before an unintelligible exclamation ended communications.
- The TBM 700C2 clipped treetops around 50 feet up and crashed into the I-195 median in Dartmouth, killing Thomas and Agatha Perkins and injuring a driver.
- Investigators reported no evidence of fuel leaks or pre-impact engine fire and found all major components at the scene.
- Recovered cockpit electronics and voice data, including a recording investigators say captured a scream, are being analyzed as a nor’easter brought strong winds and limited visibility.