NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (WPRI) — The preliminary report into a deadly July 30 plane crash on Block Island reveals new information about the circumstances leading up to the accident.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board's accident investigation team, the pilot of the Piper PA-28-181 and his two passengers left Albany International Airport just before 11 a.m., heading to Block Island for lunch.

Investigators said the pilot reported entering the traffic pattern for runway 10, but initiated a go-around when he saw another plane departing runway 28. He had to initiate another go-around when his second approach brought him too close to the runway. On his third approach, he landed 1,500 feet down the 2,500-foot runway "with full flaps" and applied the brakes when a gust of wind caus

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