Aren’t Beaufort and Cherry Point in South Carolina?
Gotta watch C.G. and fuel burn pull from which tanks or you go out of the envelope with 8 on board. That’s my bet on this one.
PC-12/47
Certified in 2005, has a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B engine, maximum takeoff weight increased to 4,740 kg (10,450 lb).
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79NX/history/20220213/1835Z/7W6/L%2034.81377%20-76.29135/tracklog
Officials: No human remains found yet in wreckage of plane with 8 people on board
Tags: plane crash, Outer Banks, Elizabeth City, Carteret County
Posted February 13, 2022 8:09 p.m. EST
Updated February 14, 2022 3:47 p.m. EST
East Carolina CERT
15 hours ago
It is with a sad heart that at this time it is believed there are no survivors of the plane crash that occurred on February 13th near Drum Inlet NC, our hearts and prayers go out to all families involved.
A statement posted by the East Carolina Community Emergency Response Team reported the plane fell off radar round 2 p.m. “just east of Beaufort, N.C.” The four teens aboard had been at “a youth hunt in Hyde County and (were) heading back to Stacy when something caused their plane to divert,” the post said. The crash site would put the plane in the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Outer Banks, which is an area of colliding north-south currents. Drum Inlet is a passage through Cape Lookout National Seashore, which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Core Sound.
Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article258375508.html#storylink=cpy
The information is forever changing, but at this time, I am aware of 7 individuals being on board, 4 youth (Kole McInnis, Jake Taylor, Dailey Shepherd, Noah Styron) 2 adults (Stephanie Fulcher and Hunter) and the pilot (unknown at this time). They had a youth hunt in Hyde County and we’re heading back to Stacy when something caused their plane to divert off course over the Pamlico Sound, head East over OI and then traveled South, radar was lost at 2:01PM just East of Beaufort, NC. Recovery is unlikely, but so far there have been no survivors.
Hearing locally that there were teenages onboard who were with a group that charted the plane to take them on a hunting excursion.
Not John-John again???
Thinking if I’m getting on a plane rated for 8+ folks I want one with two engines rated to fly with just one if something goes wrong. Maybe that animal doesn’t exist?