{"id":5357,"date":"2020-04-23T07:42:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:37:18","slug":"umstead-crash-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/umstead-crash-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Umstead Park Plane Crash, October 2019 – Incident Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 20, 2019, starting at 7:25 p.m., fire and EMS units were dispatched to a reported plane crash at Umstead State Park, which borders Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The dispatched address was the intersection of Ebenezer Church Road and Graylyn Drive. The airport control tower reported loss of radar contact with a light plane, later identified as a Piper PA-32-301, N534Z, with two souls aboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Command post and staging areas were established at the intersection, with search crews entering park in vehicles and later on foot. Search activities continued until about 3:00 a.m. Operations resumed after daybreak, with command and staging relocated to the park’s visitor’s center on Glenwood Avenue. The aircraft was located at 10:22 a.m. There were no survivors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Incidents notes about the fire and EMS response have been compiled by Mike Legeros. Read the 37 page document (PDF, 4.8M) at https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/2019-umstead-park-plane-crash.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

See Legeros photos from the incident at https:\/\/legeros.smugmug.com\/Fire-Photos\/2019\/2019-10-umstead-crash<\/a><\/p>\n

See related research on area airplane accidents at https:\/\/www.legeros.com\/history\/aviation\/crashes\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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