Michael Bowen, 59, and Ronald Snyder, 76, killed in small-plane crash in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania

Modified Date: 
Wed, 11/30/2022 - 12:18pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, October 29, 2022

2 killed in crash of small plane at Pennsylvania farm

Officials in Luzerne County's Hanover Township said no one at Dorian's Farm was injured when the two-seat plane came down about 100 feet from where children were on a hayride shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday.

Two dead after small plane crashes in Hanover Township

Lewis confirmed to reporters that the second victim had been found in the area between St. Mary’s Road and Constitution Avenue, with police tape still blocking off one of the backyards next to Hummer’s home even as everything else opened up in the area.

Victims identified in Hanover Township plane crash

Ronald Snyder, 76, of Bernsville and Michael Bowen, 59, of Jonestown were killed when a two-seat, single engine Bearhawk Patrol airplane crashed down in the area of Doran’s Farms off East St. Mary’s Road in Hanover Township around 2:50 p.m. on Saturday.

Feds: Pilot spoke of plane issue before crash that killed 2

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report that the two had flown from a Lebanon County airport to the Hazleton Regional Airport and then on to Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport, where the pilot told a friend that a rigging issue seemed to cause the Bearhawk Patrol airplane to “kick” laterally during turns.

 

People Involved: 
Michael Bowen
Ronald Snyder