WEBVTT GIANNA? GIANNA: AT THIS POINT THE NTSB STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS CESSNA TO GO DOWN YESTERDAY MORNING. WE DID SPEAK WITH THE VICTIMS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND THEY SAY THEY FIND PEACE KNOWING THEY DIED DOING WHAT THEY LOVE. >> JUST TO SEE IT LIKE THAT PIECES, JUST TO THINK WHAT WAS HE THINKING BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, WAS HE SCARED, WAS HE CALM, WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGH HIS MIND, IT IS CRAZY. TO LOOK AT THAT, IT’S LIKE, JEEZ GIANNA: JAMIE ENGERS SAYS HER STEPDAD, PHILIP CASTRONOVA, LOVED FLYING. >> MY STEPDAD WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING PERSON AND I AM GLAD THAT HE AT LEAST PASSED AWAY DOING WHAT HE LOVED. GIANNA: CASTRONOVA AND HIS WIFE MANDY DIED AFTER THEIR TWIN-ENGINE CESSNA 335 CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE AT JOHN PRINCE PARK IN LAKE WORTH. THEY WERE COMING BACK FROM WEEKEND IN KEY WEST. >> POST-CRASH FIRES ARE SOMEWH COMMON WITH AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS. OFTEN THEY CAN BE FUELED BY AIRPLANE FUEL OR THE SURROUNDING VEGETATION THAT THE AIRPLANE ENDED UP IMPACTING. WE DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. GIANNA: CASTRONOVA’S HANGAR MATE AND GOOD FRIEND GLEN CORKINS SAYS THEY HAVE FLOWN TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF TIMES. HE SAYS CASTRONOVA WAS A GREAT PILOT AND CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT WRONG. >> HE WAS A GREAT GUY. IT IS A LOSS. IT IS REALLY A LOSS. TOO MANY TRIPS TO THE BAHAMAS THAT WE HAD TOGETHER. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. A GOOD FAMILY MAN JUST A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. GIANNA: THE NTSB ARE HERE WITH CREWS TAKING APART PIECES OF THIS PLANE. I AM TOLD THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKING THIS TO A SECURE LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN FURTHER INVESTIGATE AND TRY TO
Lake Worth couple killed in plane crash
Plane crashes inside John Prince Park in Lake Worth
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Updated: 5:51 PM EDT Sep 10, 2018
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's office released the names of the people killed in a plane crash in Lake Worth. The victims have been identified as Philip Castronova, 70, and his wife, Mandy Castronova, 39, of Lake Worth. “My step dad was an amazing person and I am glad that he at least passed away doing what he loved,” Jamie Engers said.The twin engine Cessna crashed inside John Prince Park around 10:30, Sunday morning. The plane took off from Key West.“Just to see it like that in pieces, just to think what was he thinking before this happened. Was he scared? Was he calm? What was going on through his mind? To look at that, it’s like, 'jeez,'” Engers said.“Post-crash fires are somewhat common with airplane accidents. They can be fueled by airplane fuel or the surrounding vegetation, we don’t know right now,” Doug Brazy, an NTSB Air Safety Investigator said.Castronova’s hanger mate, and good friend, Glenn Corkins said they have flown together hundreds of times. He said Castronova was a great pilot and can’t understand what went wrong. “He was a great guy, it is really a loss, too many trips to the Bahamas, we had a lot of fun, good family man, tragic accident,” says Corkins.
LAKE WORTH, Fla. — The Palm Beach County Sheriff's office released the names of the people killed in a plane crash in Lake Worth.
The victims have been identified as Philip Castronova, 70, and his wife, Mandy Castronova, 39, of Lake Worth.
“My step dad was an amazing person and I am glad that he at least passed away doing what he loved,” Jamie Engers said.
The twin engine Cessna crashed inside John Prince Park around 10:30, Sunday morning. The plane took off from Key West.
“Just to see it like that in pieces, just to think what was he thinking before this happened. Was he scared? Was he calm? What was going on through his mind? To look at that, it’s like, 'jeez,'” Engers said.
“Post-crash fires are somewhat common with airplane accidents. They can be fueled by airplane fuel or the surrounding vegetation, we don’t know right now,” Doug Brazy, an NTSB Air Safety Investigator said.
Castronova’s hanger mate, and good friend, Glenn Corkins said they have flown together hundreds of times. He said Castronova was a great pilot and can’t understand what went wrong.
“He was a great guy, it is really a loss, too many trips to the Bahamas, we had a lot of fun, good family man, tragic accident,” says Corkins.
