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NTSB CAROL · ERA26LA262

PIPER PA-28-161 · N8394D

Easton, MD · Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:45:00 UTC

Onboard

3

Fatal

0

Serious

0

Survived

3

Status: In work · Last updated: 11d ago · View docket on data.ntsb.gov →

NTSB record

The agency's structured fields, exactly as published in CAROL. Preliminary records contain location, aircraft, and the defining sequence of events. Probable-cause analysis lands months later with the factual report.

Aircraft

General aviation

Make · Model
PIPER PA-28-161
Registration
N8394D
Operator
Harry Pray Aviation
Registered owner
TRIDENT AIRCRAFT INC
Regulation
Part 91 · General aviation
Operation type
Instructional
Defining event
Standing-engine(s) start-up · Fire
Phase of flight
Standing
Site condition: VMC · Visual meteorological conditions

What outlets are reporting · 1 fact from 1/1 relevant headline

Deterministically extracted from news headlines. Each fact is the literal phrasing the press used; the outlet count shows how many ran the same line. No AI inference, no rewrite — click an outlet to read the original. Headlines must mention this event's location, tail, or aircraft to be included.

Victims
  • Role mentioned: pilot 1 outlet
    MyEasternShoreMD · source ↗

Extraction is rule-based and conservative — it surfaces what headlines literally say. Headlines that didn't mention this event's location, aircraft, or tail are excluded to keep facts attributable. The full press timeline below is unfiltered.

Press timeline · 1 headline

Same-day coverage from Google News, queried on tail number, location, and aircraft type. Click through to the original outlet — we don't mirror or rehost.

  1. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 · MyEasternShoreMD

    Naval Academy midshipman identified as pilot in crash near Easton Airport - MyEasternShoreMD

Refreshed 8h ago. Headlines via Google News RSS. Queries used: "N8394D" crash"Easton, MD" "plane crash" 2026.

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Cross-references

Source of record for the agency line: NTSB CAROL. Source of record for the press line: Google News RSS. This page synthesizes both and links to each — it is not the report itself, and the Atlas does not draw conclusions about cause until the NTSB does.