The aircraft had taken off from the Boca Raton Airport en route to Tallahassee on April 11th when it went down along Military Trail after doing several loops in mid-air.

A small plane crash that killed three people in Boca Raton last month was on its first flight after having its annual inspection completed, according to a preliminary report released by the NTSB.

The pilots flying a Cessna 310R which crashed near Boca Raton, Florida in April reported to air traffic control they were having problems with the rudder and could only make left turns, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.