The cause of a plane crash into the Kennebec River Tuesday afternoon is under investigation, according to police.
No one was injured in the crash, which occurred around 3 p.m. Tuesday when the pilot and owner of the plane, Ray Ayer, 59, of Monmouth, was taking off from the Gadabout Gaddis Airport.
Ayer and his passenger, Peter Householder, 54, of Wayne and Delray Beach, Fla., were able to escape injury and get out of the plane, a 1979 Beechcraft BE23, through the pilot’s door after the plane crashed into trees and landed in the river, said Ayer.
“I can’t get my head around it. There was nothing weird,” said Ayer.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said the cause of the crash will be investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials Tuesday didn’t know the cause.
Householder said he didn’t know anything was wrong until the plane hit the trees at the end of the runway and he felt the tail break off. There was a loud bang and they landed in the river.
The cause of a plane crash into the Kennebec River Tuesday afternoon is under investigation, according to police.
No one was injured in the crash, which occurred around 3 p.m. Tuesday when the pilot and owner of the plane, Ray Ayer, 59, of Monmouth, was taking off from the Gadabout Gaddis Airport.
Ayer and his passenger, Peter Householder, 54, of Wayne and Delray Beach, Fla., were able to escape injury and get out of the plane, a 1979 Beechcraft BE23, through the pilot’s door after the plane crashed into trees and landed in the river, said Ayer.
“I can’t get my head around it. There was nothing weird,” said Ayer.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said the cause of the crash will be investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials Tuesday didn’t know the cause.
Householder said he didn’t know anything was wrong until the plane hit the trees at the end of the runway and he felt the tail break off. There was a loud bang and they landed in the river.
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