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Reported aircraft crash at Lancaster Airport
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 20 – The single-pilot Piper PA-46 crashed shortly after takeoff, damaging about a dozen vehicles with no ground injuries, while the Federal Aviation Administration investigates the cause.
- A Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian crashed in a field near Lancaster Airport in Warwick Township around 8 a.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2025, just moments after departing the airport.
- The crash happened when the plane, with only the pilot aboard, took off from Lancaster Airport and the cause of the crash has not been released, with FAA and NTSB investigating.
- The plane crashed in a field located a short distance northeast of Lancaster Airport near Stauffer Road, where emergency personnel quickly secured the area early Sunday afternoon; the aircraft narrowly avoided colliding with a three-story building in a nearby retirement community.
- The pilot, identified as 58-year-old Musaddiq Nazeeri of Lebanon, was found dead at the scene, with no other injuries reported, and authorities have scheduled an autopsy while awaiting the cause of death and a preliminary report expected in 30 days.
- This incident is one of multiple aviation events at Lancaster Airport this year, including a recent emergency landing due to landing gear malfunction that resulted in no injuries, highlighting ongoing FAA and NTSB investigations.
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Pilot killed in plane crash near Lancaster Airport identified
The pilot of a single-engine aircraft is dead after his plane went down shortly after takeoff from Lancaster Airport on Sunday morning. The Lancaster County Coroner's Office on Sunday night identified the pilot as 58-year-old Musaddiq Nazeeri, of Lebanon.
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Reported aircraft crash at Lancaster Airport
Crash occurred around 8 a.m.
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