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Small Training Plane Crashes Near Bowie Homes, Three Aboard Killed

Federal investigators have opened a probe with Israeli officials coordinating consular support for the victims' families.

A portion of the wreckage can be seen at the site where a plane crashed in the woods near a residential area and playground off of Scarlett Oak Court in Bowie on Saturday night.
Three adults are dead after a small aircraft crashed at a community park in Bowie, Maryland, late Saturday night. (7News)
Three adults are dead after a small aircraft crashed at a community park in Bowie, Maryland, late Saturday night. (7News)
Three adults are dead after a small aircraft crashed at a community park in Bowie, Maryland, late Saturday night. (7News)

Overview

  • A single‑engine Piper aircraft en route from Ocean City, New Jersey, to Montgomery County crashed late Saturday night in woods near a Bowie townhome community, killing the pilot and two passengers.
  • Prince George’s County dispatchers were alerted by an automatic iPhone crash notification and a multi‑agency ground and air search found the wreckage at about 3:45 a.m.
  • Authorities say the aircraft likely belonged to a Montgomery County flight school and may have been on a training flight when it went down.
  • No one on the ground was injured and debris was scattered across roughly 100 feet; officials have withheld the victims’ names pending next‑of‑kin notification while Israeli sources report the victims were Israeli and ZAKA is assisting families.
  • The NTSB and FAA are leading the formal investigation, which will include on‑scene wreckage mapping, records and maintenance reviews, and interviews and could prompt scrutiny of local training operations and night flights.