Fatal 2021 Jet Crash Was Likely Caused by Parking Brake Left on During Takeoff, NTSB Says

Fatal 2021 Jet Crash Was Likely Caused by Parking Brake Left on During Takeoff, NTSB Says
A firefighter near the wreckage of an aircraft that crashed into a building in Farmington, Conn., on Sept. 2, 2021. Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP
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A small jet that crashed into a building in Connecticut in 2021, killing four people, was going slower than usual as it took off because the pilot had left a parking brake on, according to a report released Thursday.

The failure to release the brake was the probable cause of the accident, according to the report from the National Transportation Safety Board, which also said a lack of equipment on the jet to notify the pilots of such a problem contributed to the crash.