NTSB: Pilot error in Yankees pitcher crash (AP)

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Source: Associated Press

Pilot error in Yankees pitcher crash

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his
flight instructor did not realize their misjudgment of a U-turn
until it was too late to avoid their fatal New York City plane
crash, investigators said Tuesday.

They had several options in how they handled that maneuver,
the probe found.

In presenting their findings, National Transportation Safety
Board members said they still didn't know whether Lidle or
his flight instructor Tyler Stanger was piloting the plane in
the Oct. 11, 2006, crash.

Both were killed when the Cirrus SR-20, owned by Lidle,
slammed into a high-rise apartment building. The NTSB
declared Tuesday that the cause was "inadequate
judgment, planning and airmanship" by Lidle and Stanger.

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