There was also an experimental plane crash this morning out here in Mesa, AZ at FFZ just after take off.
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Barrett <barret...@comcast.net> wrote: > It's been a bad day for General Aviation in general and Experimental > aircraft specifically. I've included the news reports below. It's just all > "big brother" and the FAA needs- more ammunition! :( > -Barrett SLC, UT U42 Piper Cherokee PA-28/180 N9286J > +++++++++++++ > > DELAND, Florida - A small experimental plane sputtered and crashed in > flames into a supermarket at a Florida shopping center Monday evening, > injuring five people and sending frightened shoppers running from the > complex, authorities said. > Several people in the Northgate Shopping Center in DeLand dialed 911 around > 7:20 p.m. to report the the aircraft had plunged into the complex, the > Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. Callers said the plane showed signs > of > trouble moments before it hit the roof of the supermarket of the > Florida-based Publix chain. > > "A twin-engine experiment aircraft has crashed into the roof of the Publix > supermarket," DeLand Police Sgt. Chris Estes told The Associated Press by > telephone. "Publix is the only structure to suffer any damage." But he said > all the businesses in the complex were closed to make way for emergency > crews. > He said the plane had taken off from a nearby municipal airport in DeLand, > a > Florida city about 20 miles west of Daytona Beach. > The police spokesman added that three people had suffered severe burns and > two others had moderate burns but he didn't specify who on the ground or on > the aircraft were injured. > However, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said a pilot and a passenger > from the plane were airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Spokesman > Gerardo Morales later confirmed to AP that two people had been airlifted > there, but he declined to identify them or discuss their injuries. > Marleny Arevalo, a manager at a nearby Taco Bell fast food restaurant, said > she didn't hear or see the crash but customers entering the outlet reacted > with shocked looks moments afterward. > "They said, "Something's burning!" she told The Associated Press by > telephone. > Arevalo said she quickly ran with another employee to the shopping center > and saw flames in the air shooting from near the back of the Publix > supermarket. > "There was a lot of smoke. When I first saw it, there was fire in the air > and then it was just a lot of black smoke," she said, adding she tried to > go > behind the supermarket where fire officials blocked the area. She said they > also blocked surrounding roads for hours afterward. > Roth Peeler, who lives about 300 feet behind the store, told the Orlando > Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/HE49Su ) he saw the plane go down. > "A small ... yellow plane spiraled right down and through the roof and just > exploded," Peeler said. "Not a piece of the plane came out. It's all in the > store." > "I went around the front and saw people running out of the store and trying > to get into their cars and out of the parking lot," he added. > It wasn't immediately clear how many people were in the shopping center at > the time of the crash or where exactly the plane had struck the > supermarket. > Broadcast station WFTV reported on its website that Publix employees who > declined identification looked up after the plane crashed through the roof. > The station reported that workers saw the pilot and a passenger climb from > the plane with their clothing on fire. The report added that a manager in > the supermarket meat department was able to put out the fire in their > clothes and rush them outside for help. > The report said both of the plane's occupants were severely burned and > three > other adult shoppers in the store were taken to a local hospital where one > was treated and released. The report said none of the shoppers had > life-threatening injuries, quoting an unnamed hospital official.A dark > column of smoke wafted from the supermarket rooftop after the crash. About > 20 fire trucks at one point crowded about the complex. Firefighters atop a > truck's extension ladder poured streams of water on the flames. > Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, > told > The Associated Press in an email that the FAA did not provide air traffic > services for the flight and had no information on the plane, its flight or > those aboard. > A call by AP to Publix at its Lakeland, Fla., headquarters was not answered > Monday evening. Its website says it has 748 store locations in Florida and > dozens more in four other Southern states, the largest employe-owned > supermarket chain in the U.S. > > Read more: > > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/02/at-least-5-injured-after-small-plane-cr > ashes-into-florida-shopping-center/#ixzz1qyMo92FK > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > STURGEON BAY, Wisc. - An 80-year-old Wisconsin woman successfully landed a > twin-engine plane after her pilot husband became unconscious and later > died, > Fox 11 reports. > Authorities say the woman's 81-year-old husband suffered a medical > condition > while he was at the controls of the plane and lost consciousness. > His wife, who had no flying experience, called on the radio for help. The > Door County Cherryland Airport in northeast Wisconsin sent a second plane > up > to help coach the woman down. > "She's not a licensed pilot and has very little on flying an aircraft," > said > Door County Sheriff Terry Vogel. > The plane then began to run out of fuel and the right engine lost power. > With the help of the second pilot, the woman was able to successfully land > the plane. > "We got him up into an aircraft and he felt it was easier for him to give > her instructions, for him to determine for instance, her speed in the air > and how to instruct how to successfully land that aircraft," Vogel said. > She suffered minor injuries. Her husband was pronounced dead on the ground. > "We're very proud of her for doing what she did. It was a very difficult > situation with her husband unconscious next to her. It took a lot to > collect > her thoughts and get that thing landed," Vogel said. > The sheriff's department has not released the names of the couple and the > pilot that helped land the plane. > Click here for more on this story from Fox11.com. > The Associated Press contributed to this report. > > > Read more: > > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/02/80-year-old-woman-lands-plane-after-pil > ot-husband-drops-dead/#ixzz1qyMY2tqY > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://mylist.net/private/krnet/ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Todd Price Chandler, AZ
