The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the plane crash off Pacific Grove in late July that killed three local men, offering insight into the events leading up to the crash without assigning blame.

The three men, including pilot James Vincent and passengers Steve Clatterbuck and Jamie Tabscott, departed from San Carlos Airport in the Bay Area, intending to land at Monterey Airport.

The initial report states that the Beech twin-engine plane was on an instrument approach into Monterey Airport when the controller received an alert indicating the plane was too low.

Daniel Hendrix, a certified flight instructor familiar with the instrument approach into Monterey, explained, "If you have to descend through clouds, you have to use an instrument landing s

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