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Maryland Phenom 100 Crash Kills Six

Montgomery County Airpark
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Key Takeaways:

  • An Embraer Phenom 100 jet crashed into houses near Montgomery County Airpark, killing a mother and her two young children on the ground, along with all three people on board, including pilot Dr. Michael Rosenberg.
  • The jet struck three houses, with the family's home catching fire where they were found deceased in an upstairs bathroom.
  • Notably, this was the pilot's second crash at the Gaithersburg airport, having previously been involved in a non-fatal accident there in 2010.
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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.

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