A single-engine plane crash near Centennial Airport earlier this month that killed the two people on board had its engine stop before the incident, according to a preliminary report.

The early morning plane ride on Sept. 5 was an instructional flight, according to the report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The pilot receiving instruction planned to purchase a similar airplane to the Beech P35 plane they were flying.

Perry “Matt” Feeney, 52, of Arvada and Lee “Rob” Hill, 64, of Greenwood Village were the pilot and passenger of the plane. The report does not specify who was receiving instruction.

No distress calls were recorded from either pilot, the report said.

A firefighter about 1.5 miles south of the crash heard the airplane fly overhead and then heard the engine st

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