The NTSB has released a preliminary report which offers some insight into what may have prompted a 23-year-old co-pilot to exit a damaged plane in mid-air, prior to an emergency landing.

Investigators say the pilot of a private plane that crashed into power lines and cut electricity to 120,000 people was flying too low for miles. CNN values your feedback 1.

NTSB: Pilot Was Flying Too Low Before Hitting Smokestack in Idaho The potato processing plant also had not correctly painted the hazards to increase their visibility, the aviation safety agency said.

See 18 photos NTSB places blame on pilot for 2024 Cape Coral plane crash Plane that crashed New Year's Day at Naples Airport wasn't a tenant, took off in dense fog Plane veers off Lee County ...

The other pilot, whom the NTSB did not identify, told investigators Crooks did not appear to reach for a bar about 6 feet above the ramp before he fell out of the twin-engine plane July 29 ...

Airplane that crashed near the Albany International Airport appeared to have "extreme loss of control," as it briefly flew erratically before crashing and killing the pilot.