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Pilot Error Blamed for Council Bluffs Plane Crash

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: May 13, 2008 at 2:20 PM CST

Story Updated: May 13, 2008 at 2:20 PM CST

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) - Federal officials say pilot error and weather were factors in a plane crash that killed four people near Council Bluffs last year.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot, Steve Revord, was attempting to land in February 2007 when he encountered icy conditions, turbulence and wind shear.

Revord and three passengers died in the crash.

The NTSB has also released reports on two other plane crashes in Iowa.

The agency says an experimental aircraft that crashed near Grinnell in February 2007 ran out of fuel. Two people died in that crash.

The NTSB has also released a report on a plane crash near Cresco in July 2006. The plane was on its way from Mississippi to Minnesota when it was diverted because of bad weather.

The NTSB says neither of the crew were familiar with the Cresco airport and that the runway was not long enough for the plane to land. The two pilots died in the crash. Two passengers were injured.

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