Montrose – The lead investigator in the charter-jet crash that killed the son of NBC executive Dick Ebersol and two other people said the National Transportation Safety Board may hold hearings on the incident.
The twin-engine jet crashed in light snow and freezing temperatures at Montrose Regional Airport in November 2004, killing 14-year-old Teddy Ebersol, pilot Luis Alberto Polanco and flight attendant Warren Richardson III.
Dick Ebersol, another son and the co-pilot were injured.
NTSB Investigator Arnold Scott said he submitted his report to the board last week and said he expected to testify at a board hearing.
“It will probably turn into a full investigation,” Scott told the Montrose Daily Press in today’s editions.
NTSB spokesman Paul Schlamm said the board will decide within two weeks whether to hold a hearing. If no hearing is held, the report will be released on the NTSB Web site, he said.
Scott declined to discuss his findings.
The plane was taking off after leaving Ebersol’s wife, actress Susan Saint James, in Montrose, which is near the ski resort town of Telluride, where the Ebersols have a home.
