{"id":478139,"date":"2026-10-27T12:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478139\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:54:08","slug":"ntsb-reveals-flight-data-for-deadly-1-minute-flight-near-haslet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478139\/","title":{"rendered":"NTSB reveals flight data for deadly 1-minute flight near Haslet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kkhwjs6eqtd4z4ec.jpg\" alt=\"New details in deadly Fort Worth plane crash\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kkhwjs6eqtd4z4ec.jpg\" alt=\"New details in deadly Fort Worth plane crash\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; A newly released report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows a small airplane flew for only about one minute before it crashed into power lines near Haslet earlier this month, killing the pilot.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">On Oct. 7, a Lancair IV-P airplane took off from Hicks Airfield in Fort Worth around 9:51 a.m., according to the NTSB.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Flight tracking data shows the airplane climbed to 875 feet and made a left turn. The aircraft then climbed to 1,000 feet and slowed to a ground speed of 84 knots before it descended.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">At 9:52 a.m., the plane hit power lines along the south side of a roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The pilot, 67-year-old John Unangst, died in the crash. Officials confirmed no one else was on board the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">A post-impact fire burned nearby grass and consumed the majority of the plane, including the fuselage, wings, and engine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The National Transportation Safety Board will continue to review the flight data and wreckage before releasing a final report on the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">A final report on the crash is expected in 12 to 24 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The National Transportation Safety Board will continue to review the flight data and wreckage before releasing a final report on the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/science\/air-space\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air and Space<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; A newly released report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows a small airplane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[18302,116,118,117,223,2220,122,216,393],"class_list":["post-478139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-air-space","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-news","tag-science","tag-tarrant-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}