Maryland Phenom 100 Crash Kills Six

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, December 09, 2014 at 10:55 PM ET

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Montgomery County Airpark

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An Embraer Phenom 100 jet crashed into a house in Gaithersburg, Maryland, killing six people: a mother and her two young children in their home, and the three occupants of the plane, including the pilot.
The jet crashed about a mile short of Montgomery County Airpark, striking three houses, one of which caught fire.
The pilot, Dr. Michael Rosenberg, had been involved in a previous crash at the same airport in 2010, which the NTSB attributed to pilot error; the NTSB is investigating the current incident.

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A mother and her two young children were killed on Monday when an Embraer Phenom 100 crashed into their house about a mile short of Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland, just before 11 a.m. local time.

Three people on board the jet were also killed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, including the pilot, Dr. Michael Rosenberg, CEO of Durham, North Carolina-based Health Decisions. The two others on board were company employees.