PROVO -- The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Monday that contains detailed information but still no answers in the plane crash that killed a Springville man last month.

According to the report, the weather was clear, no one observed any strange maneuvering from the plane and there were not the normal signs of distress, like smoke trailing from the Cessna, when pilot Benjamin Hill crashed near the Provo Airport on Oct. 21. The plane's engine lost all power a few miles away from the airport shortly after taking off, and the air traffic controller immediately cleared Hill to land the plane.

NTSB's on-site examination showed that the plane's belly first hit concrete slabs on the south embankment of the perimeter road. The plane skidded about 30 feet and onto the road.

The airplane had fuel in the left wing's integral fuel tank but none in the right wing's fuel tank. Drops of fuel were found in different parts of the plane's engine and in some of the fuel lines, while others were dry. The right wing's forward fuel supply line to the right side tank was broken; the report called it "impact damage," although no fuel was found beneath this broken line to indicate that it was damaged on impact.

The investigation is ongoing, and the plane is still being examined.

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