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On Friday at a press conference, Darshan Patel, operations manager for Wake County emergency management confirmed that Crooks did not have a parachute on and it was unclear at the time how high the plane was when the young pilot exited. The small plane had a capacity of around 10 passengers and was not making a commercial flight at the time of the incident. 'Currently, the NTSB is working with the FAA collecting information evaluating the damage of the aircraft and circumstances to determine the extent of an NTSB investigation,' NTSB spokesperson Keith Holloway told on Sunday. Hew Crooks told WRAL that Crooks had recently told him how 'he wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world. He said his son was a former flight instructor and was certified to fly in all types of conditions. Hew Crooks', the 23-year-old's father - said that flying was his son's 'lifelong dream'. The family living on the property said they head a loud thud, and called police. He'd landed in trees on a property in Compaign Cove in the town of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Investigators said Crooks either fell or jumped out of the plane without a parachute, WRAL News reportedīut Crooks' body was later found about 30 miles south of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He told authorities that Crooks had jumped out of the plane before the emergency landing attempt, and it was believed he may have jumped toward a body of water. He was taken to Duke Hospital and released late Friday night. The pilot, whose name has not been released, sustained minor injuries. There was one person on the plane, but no sign of Crooks, the second co-pilot.Ĭapitol Broadcasting Company Privacy Policy Once the plane hit Runway 5R-23L at Raleigh-Durham International Airport around 2.40pm, there were multiple law enforcement agencies standing by. When air traffic control questioned how they intended to land, the pilot said: 'Going to go in as slow as we can and I guess we are going to put it on the belly.' He then repeated that the plane's right wheel had fallen off. 'We were attempting to land,' the pilot said. 'We made contact with the ground and had a hard landing and decided to go around and at that point we lost the wheel.' 'Did it fall off while still in the air?' 'More clarification, did you try landing on Raeford West?' he asks. We have enough fuel on board that will last us for the next four hours.'Īir Traffic control responds: 'Raleigh-Durham Airport or Raleigh-General?' 'Rogers resume all navigation to Raleigh-Durham Airport.' We would like to proceed to Raleigh and make a landing at Raleigh.' The pilot can be heard saying: 'Emergency, we've lost our right wheel. In the 40-minute exchange between the unidentified pilot and air traffic control, there is no mention or hint of Crooks falling from the plane. The pilot of a small twin-engine plane is heard in a 40-minute recording asking air traffic control for help to making an emergency landing before his 23-year-old co-pilot jumped or fell from it at 3,500-feet.Ĭharles Hew Crooks did not have a parachute on before he plunged to his death in North Carolina on Friday, officials said.