Report: Plane Showed No Malfunction Before Crash

A preliminary report by federal investigators on a small plane that crashed in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on Labor Day, killing two, showed no evidence of any mechanical failure or malfunction.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its report Tuesday. Eighty-one-year-old pilot David Ingalls and 62-year-old passenger Bruce Anderson, both of Kingston, were killed in the crash, which happened shortly after the plane took off at Hampton Airfield.

Investigators found the plane initially maintained an altitude more than 200 feet above nearby trees. Moments later, it "rolled and yawed to the left," and crashed nose-down behind the trees.

The report said the seats tracks showed evidence of pullout and cracking, indicative of the seats being in the locked position during impact.

The plane, made in 1956, was last inspected on June 6.