NTSB reports on Plano crash confirm video findings – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report into the deadly plane crash in Plano last month.

The NTSB spoke with witnesses, family members and other people involved in the Nov. 21 crash and confirmed some of the facts seen in the video.

The pilot, 87-year-old Elzie McDonald of Arizona, attempted to land his single-engine Mooney M20C at Air Park Dallas but decided to try again.

According to a friend who spoke to the NTSB, McDonald was flying to Plano to visit family and friends at Eagle Roost Airpark in Aguila, Arizona.

During that go-around, the plane's left wing dropped toward the ground, causing the plane to descend almost vertically.

According to the NTSB, the plane crashed into a shopping mall parking lot and came to rest upside down about a quarter mile from the runway.

The pilot died in the fiery crash and the plane was destroyed. No one on the ground was injured.

The investigation into the crash is still ongoing.