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SMITHFIELD -- The Federal Aviation Administration has posted a preliminary accident report on a plane crash this month that killed two Rhode Island men in Smithfield.

The report, posted Wednesday, does not shed any light into what caused the crash. It describes the accident as: "Aircraft during practice approach, crashed into the trees, the two persons on board were fatally injured, Smithfield, RI."

Robert A. Zoglio Jr., 43, of Richmond, and Ronald Tetreault, 64, of Glocester, died. on Nov. 17 when Zoglio's single-engine Piper crashed into the woods between Clark Road and Limerock Road about a half-mile from the North Central State Airport at about 5 p.m. Monday.

They had taken off from T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, where the plane was based, to do a practice approach at the airport.

Investigators said the plane had apparently cleared an electric cable before crashing perhaps 100 feet beyond. Investigators have also said the plane appeared to have lost power for an unknown reason and that a fire that engulfed the plane was "post-impact."

They said it would take six months to a year for the National Transportation Safety Board to issue a report listing the cause of the accident.

-- With Journal archival reports

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