(This story has been updated with new information from the Naples Airport Authority.)
New information was released on Sunday (March 30) the day after an airplane that had departed from Naples Municipal Airport on Saturday morning crashed several hours later on its way to an airport in Minnesota.
According to USA Today, the plane was registered to U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan, the company confirmed Sunday. It is still unknown if Dolan was the pilot or a passenger on the plane, or how many people were on the plane.
The plane, a SOCATA TBM7, crashed in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The aircraft departed Des Moines International Airport where it had arrived from Naples earlier. It was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis, according to the agency.
The plane crashed into a suburban Minneapolis home. An official said all residents of the house were safe, he said.
According to FlightAware, the single-prop plane flew from Naples, Florida, and landed in Des Moines at around 10:30 a.m. The plane took off 45 minutes later. It crashed six minutes before its scheduled landing time. The National Transportation Safety Board said the “preliminary information we have is the plane impacted a residence and experienced a post-crash fire.”
Robin King, director of community relations and communications for Naples Municipal Airport, originally said the plane’s owner is not a tenant of the airport. However, the airport issued a clarification Monday, saying airport authority had since learned that the aircraft’s owner leased space as Aras, LLC. The owner’s involved aircraft was registered to DGW Enterprises.
The USA Today story said Dolan was named chief administration officer of U.S. Bancorp in 2023, according to the company’s website.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a social media post he was closely monitoring the situation and was “grateful to the first responders answering the call.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Plane that left Naples Saturday and crashed in Minnesota was registered to bank executive
Reporting by Mark H. Bickel, Naples Daily News / Naples Daily News
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