news station, this is the fox 136 00 news. aaron good evening. im aaron mesmer. lloyd has the night off. haley and im haley hinds. thanks for joining us. developing tonight, were learning more about the fiery plane crash that killed a pilot and his passenger yesterday morning on davis island. investigators from the National Transportation safety board are on the ground working to determine the cause of that crash. and as fox 13s evan lambert explains, theyre now confirming that the plane that crashed took off at the same time as another plane. investigators say it is still too early to say if one plane caused the other to crash. that is one of the scenarios that they are{ looking into as they examine the wreckage on the police say a time. today investigators confirm those witness accounts. theres evidence that there are two airplanes taking off at approximately the same time, however, whether the accident here to start gathering information. reporter an airport spokeswoman says the airport will be closed until further notice. im also learning more about the two men who died in the crawsh. ill have more on that tonight at 10 00. evan lambert, fox 13 news. haley visitors showed up hours in advance of the kickoff of airfest at{ Macdill Air Force base today. cars were parked outside the gate. many more spent hours waiting to their cars because of lightning and heavy rain. aaron fox news was there to get a glimpse of airfest. reporter hes been flying these 1940s prewarplanes for more than three decades. jim records excitement about these former air force training planes have never waned. every allied pilot who learned how the fly in the war all flew t6s or smjs. that was the standard advanced trainer for all the service and allies, so any military pilots have a soft spot in their heart for this airplane. reporter and its the aircraft of choice for jims team. the geico sky pipers, a group of retired military pilots with passion for these vintage flyers. theres no way in the civilian world you can fly in the military formation we all did. this is the only way we did it. i think we went after it for the formation aspect. the airshows are in formation. youre flying an old military, exmilitary airplane like, this its just a treat. them around. reporter but with rain rolling in, jim and the geico sky pipers were forced to Stay Grounded today. a thunderstorm suspended all flights and demonstrations until the early afternoon. and the thunderstorm kept people in their cars for nearly three hours today, but those who waited it out were rewarded with much thinner crowds and a Officials Say theyre expecting lot ones near washout. for now reporting at Macdill Air Force base, kellie cowan, fox 13 news. aaron klie,hanks. tickets and parking are free and gates open tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. they are expecting big crowds. so you may want to leave early to get there. the question now tonight . haley mike bennett joins us now. hey, mike. mike the weather looks murky, but it doesnt look as tomorrow were looking at more scattered shower activity. certainly on the cooler end of things 13mph. other temps around the area, its basically right around 70 from north to south. the one exception actually, this is kind of strange here, to the north, Crystal River right now 77. but pretty much everyone else in the upper{ 60s and low 70s. thats because of all that rain that went through the area. were still seeing scattered showers across the southern half of our viewing area. more rain off shore here. this should start to pour into sarasota and manatee counties over the next hour or some well continue to watch that. but notice not looking at a whole lot of lightning. earlier today we had storms strikes. showers and take a haley all right, mike. thanks. new at 6 00, the suspect in a New Port RicheyHome Invasion and burglary is dead after investigators say he fought with deputies and First Responders. pasco county deputies tell us tory Lamar Robinson broke into the home on dresden lane. he apparently smashed through a window to get in and was cut up badly. he started fighting with one of the people inside the home and went on until deputies arrived. the sheriff says the deputies tased him because he wouldnt stop fighting, e cuts episode at the house. they kept trying to calm him down, and so it was not a rapid succession of deployment of the taser. 5 the other thing is going back to hancock, from what the deputies have said during the investigation, they were trying to get them just to relax. haley officials tell us robinson was knocked out by the taser. he died at the hospital. the investigation remains under way. aaron an accused hitandrun driver in st. petersburg is in jail after police say he hit a pedestrian and drove away. officers say the man was behind man walking near Central Avenue and 3rd street at 5r7b 00 a. M. the victim was thrown over the windshield of the vehicle. investigators say he just kept going and parked close to the scene. officers tracked down his car, which had evidence of the accident on it. the victim is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. haley still ahead on the fox 136 00 news, spring breakers are swarming on our police on the east coast say no, you know what . I should. And i will. I deserve this. Im a bogo findin, weekly ad flippin, couponing mastermind. Whos saving big time . This girl can i help you . Indeed. This queen of savings deserves a reward. A cannoli, please. The weekly ad, bogos and coupons. Three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. X 13 early evening and late newscasts. haley on the other side of our state, spring breakers have already made their mark on daytona beach, and not necessarily in a good way. aaron police have arrested couple weeks, including two fox news explains how authorities are working to control the crowd. reporter Volusia County beach patrol is working hard to control the crowds and curb the crime. just yesterday two spring breakers stole beach patrols jetski. its spring break, its not check my common sense at the front door and destroy my life and future short time after it was stolen. the jetski was having mechanical issues, so beach patrol says its jetski lloyd is off tonight. haley and im haley hinds. we got everything fixed but we wanted to start at the top of the show. developing tonight, were learning more about the fiery plane crash that killed a pilot and his passenger yesterday morning on davis island. on{ the ground working to determine what caused that crash. as fox 13s evan lambert explains, theyre now confirming the plane that crashed took off at the same time as another plane. reporter investigators say it is still too early to say if one plane caused the other to crash. that is one of the scenarios that they are looking into as they examine the wreckage on the tarmac. today the n. T. S. B. Says it will document the accident scene, take measurements and begin to put together a preliminary cause of the crash. fire officials reported the incident yesterday around 11 30 a. M. they responded to a fiery scene at peter o. Knight on davis island. police say a cessna 340 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing the two people on board. they were headed to pensacola. witnesses reported hearing two planes take off around the same time. today investigators confirmed those witness accounts. theres evidence that there approximately the same time. however, whether the accident occurred coincidental or as a cause of, i dont know yet. thats one of the reasons why were here, to start gathering all the information. { reporter an airport spokeswoman says the airport will be closed until further notice. im also learning more about the two men who died in the crash. ill have that tonight at 10 00. reporting on davis island, evan lambert, fox 13 news. haley visitors showed up hours in advance for the kickoff of airfest at Macdill Air Force base today. cars were parked outside the gates and many more spent hours getting in today all to be turned back to their cars by lightning and heavy rain. aaron fox 13s kellie cowan was there to get a glimpse before the rain began. the best part is the nose of it. reporter hes been flying these 1940s prewarplanes for three decades, but jims excitement about these planes every allied pilot who learned how to fly in the war all through t6s of smjs. that was the standard advanced trainer for all the services and allies, so any military pilots have a soft spot in their heart for this airplane. reporter and its the aircraft of choice for jims team, the geico sky pipers, a group of retired military pilots with passion for these{ vintage flyers. theres no way in the civilian word you can fly in the military formation we all did. this is the only way to do it. i think we went after it for the formation aspect. the air shows are in formation. youre flying an old, military, exmilitary airplane like this, its just a treat. theres just not that many of them around. reporter but with rain rolling in, jim and the geico sky pipers were forced to Stay Grounded today. a thunderstorm suspended all flights and demonstrations until the early afternoon. and the thunderstorm kept people in their cars for nearly three hours today, but those who much thinner crowds and a full afternoon of aerial shows. Officials Say theyre expecting a whole lineup on sunday and a lot more people considering day ones near washout. for now reporting at Macdill Air Force base, kellie cowan, fox 13 news. aaron kellie, thanks. gates open back up tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. tickets and parking are free. theyre expecting big crowds, so you may want the leave early to get there, but that was some nasty weather. of course, the question now is are people going back tomorrow going to face the same kind of weather problems . haley meteorologist mike{ bennett joins us now with a look ahead. hey, mike. mike hey, guys. i dont see those big storms we saw earlier today, just more in activity. some of that is sitting off shore right now. this is going to try to work in as we head through the evening hours. this is our sky tower radar view. most of it is in the lighttomoderate range. not a whole lot of lightning scwusmtion under 20 strokes of lightning under the last 20 minutes or some has the starts to work on shore, well keep that scattered shower threat in into the day tomorrow, notice best chance of showers earlier in the morning, but a cooler day out there, as well. temperatures topping out in the low to mid70s. breezy during the afternoon, and staying cooler as we head into the start of the work week. details on that in your full forecast coming up later on. andy haley mike, thanks. new at 6 00, the suspect in a New Port Richey investigation is dead. tory Lamar Robinson broke into a home on dresden lane friday night. he apparently smashed through a window to get in and was cut up pretty badly. he started fighting with one of the people inside the home. that went on until deputies arrived. { the sheriff says the deputies then tased him because he wouldnt stop fighting, even for the First Responders to treat his cuts. this is over 11minute episode at the house. they kept trying to calm him down, and so it was not a rapid succession of deployment of the taser. to the hand cuffs, why would we handcuff him, from what deputies have said during the investigation, they were trying to get him to relax. haley officials tell us taser. paramedics tried to revive him but he died at the hospital. way. aaron an accused hitandrun driver in st. petersburg is in jail after police say he hit a pedestrian and drove away. officers say the man was behind the wheel when he crashed into man walking near Central Avenue and 3rd street around 5 00 a. M. the victim was thrown over the windshield of the vehicle. the investigators say the man the scene. officers tracked down his car, which were told had evidence of the accident on it. the victim is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. haley the Spring Season officially starts tomorrow, and some people across the state are ushering in the warmer weather with new water toys like boats and surf boards. aaron but these come with a pretty hefty price tag. beach. reporter the Palm Beach International boat show well 1. 5 billion in boats for sale and on display. you see that . no hands. door wide open. thats because thats what 40 million will get you. this is the sea lion, a 203foot super yacht. gorgeous view, gorgeous amenities all around, and the other 9400 boats that are on display this weekend, but as weve learned, its not necessarily about how big and how bad your boat is. its about the toys. on a ten scale,d say 12. 50mph on top of the water. full 360 barrel rolls. reporter from feeling like a dolphin to feeling like youre flying, these hot marine toys are some of the coolest. throttle and the trigger right here. reporter the sea breezier is parted fighter plane, part submarine. it zips across the water and can go six feet deep, giving you this fisheye view. then you shoot up out of your price tag starts at 80,000. do a couple 360s. reporter feeling like james bond . { the renegade hovercraft scims across the water. i was doing 360s in no time. price tag about 30,000. stay away from any obstacles. reporter exjut pack has the blade which blasts water from your boots. i learned, you will be body slammed, but it doesnt take too long to get it, and it is thrilling, like flying on a skateboard. youre on your yacht, the point. what do you use in the water . what are you going to play with . reporter and if you really hate the hassling of having to stand up and move your lounge chair to line up with the sun, well, how about a rotating sun bed . its the wave of the future. in palm beach, phil keating, fox news. reporter the rays are getting ready the make some history. the game in cuba is just days away. afternoon, a deluge. the gold glover says, i got it, we have editionon of money, power and politics sunday night at 11 30. reporter well, you know its the weekend of st. patricks day when this happens the Hillsboro River turns a bright shade of kelly green. this is video from jazzmond thurmond. the city of tampa held the mayors river of green festival. a little rain didnt stop the mayor from dyeing the water. afterward children got to enjoy irish tune,{ game, treats. and this is the fifth Straight Year the city has hosted this awesome event. haley the mayor tweeted some pictures of the event, saying we even brought some authentic irish weather. aaron exactly. it was kind of nasty out there, but not that bad if you wanted mike the thing thats interesting, we were talking about a three, fourhour rain event. it happened to be solid in the middle of the day unfortunately. haley everybody was doing everything. mike well start to dry things out the second half of the weekend. tomorrow well keep the rain chances at 40 . but were in the looking at big storm, Severe Weather, just more lingering showers out there. so lets get to it. check out this time lapse view from today. hilton Clear Water Beach cam started with some sun today if you were up early enough for it. then the clouds rolled in. the showers and storms rolled in. they were nasty. saw some rotation off shore. luckily nothing really formed as it worked on shore. heres the current view. not a whole lot of people on the beach there. there is a nice little volleyball game going on. 72 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 17mph. and heres a look at the sky tower radar view. and you can see the showers, its a batch of showers sitting off shore. starting to work its way now into sarasota and on into manatee county. most{ of this thats falling, close to the lighter side of things, though occasionally more and this is going to continue over the next few hours, pouring into that area. it may start to extend a little bit further north. it may start to extend further inland. but for you in sarasota county, youre kind of stuck in this for at least the next few hours. highs today, we actually hit most of these highs around 9 00 or 10 00 a. M. 76 in tampa. but we have not been above 70 or 71 for the last several hours. 77 in brandon. 78 in arcadia, 79 in lake placid. there it is. an 80degree reading in sebring. earlier this wee sebring was at big change. there 71 up in birke storm. 77 in Crystal River. a few lingering showers tonight. into the day on sunday, cool, dry, and breezy. tomorrow afternoon. and then another warm and unsettled ending to the week, meaning, yeah, the forecast uncertain as we head toward next weekend unfortunately, too. 72 the current temperature. dew point at 64. other temperature around the area right now, upper 60s to and dew points in the mid to upper 60s, as well. so still feeling somewhat humid. that does started to change by tomorrow afternoon. so heres e satellite and radar view. got one impulse moving through right now. another one back to the west. that may start to swing through a little bit later on tonight. so heres the future cast bringing on some more showers, especially south of tampa as we head through the evening and overnight period. scattered showers into tomorrow morning. then that front pushes through. and any remaining rain chances basically out the door by 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 tomorrow. heres your recap for tonight. some scattered showers, maybe a few rumbles of thunder. mild and muggy. 68 degrees. for the day tomorrow, 74. so a cooler day out there. turning breezy in the afternoon, and a few lingering showers. heres your sevenday forecast. temperatures into the mid to upper 60s on monday. could even be a few low 60s out there. low 70s on tuesday. look at the overnight lows. only in the 40s. then we warm right back up into the low 80s. unsettled to start off next hey, jeff. jeff hello, mike. thank you. the Tampa Bay Rays are just days away from one of the biggest games in club history, and it wont even count in the standings, but from an historical, political and cultural viewpoint, the rays playing the Cuban National team in havana is huge. the spring work continues here at home. orioles. chris archer facing Nolan Reimold gets the strikeout. looks at the umpire. the rain is coming. the rain washes out the game