NTSB releases preliminary report for fatal Lehigh Co. plane crash that killed Easton resident Keith Kozel

TWP SALISBURY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on a fatal plane crash in Lehigh County two weeks ago.

The report reveals that the plane crashed in Salisbury Township about a minute after taking off from Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport on September 28.

49-year-old Keith Kozel, from Easton, was killed. The NTSB said Kozel was a student pilot.

His flight instructor was seriously injured.

According to the NTSB, a witness was able to pull one of the occupants from the plane but was unable to get to the other person before fire engulfed the cabin.

The report does not reveal a possible cause of the crash.