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This is posted on the NTSB web site.  A photo of the wreckage was on the
front page of our local newspaper showing the point of impact was about 30'
from a neighbors house.

Neighbors and the newspaper have not provided any additional information so
far.  I will post anything of consequence, witnesses, etc..        Steve
Colwell



NTSB Identification: LAX01LA281

Accident occurred Friday, August 17, 2001 at Placerville, CA
Aircraft:JOHNSON LANCAIR 360, registration: N417DJ
Injuries: 2 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors.
Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been
completed.

On August 17, 2001, at 1140 hours Pacific daylight time, an experimental
Johnson Lancair 360, N417DJ, impacted terrain in the front yard of a
residence in Placerville, California. The airline transport certificated
pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and the amateur-built aircraft
was destroyed. The personal flight was operated by the owner/pilot under 14
CFR Part 91, and departed from Sacramento International airport about 1125.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

According to a deputy from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, the
accident site was about 1,500 feet from the pilot's residence. The pilot had
flown to Sacramento to pickup his daughter, who arrived from Alaska, and who
was the passenger aboard in the accident. He was believed to have been
flying over his home to alert his wife prior to landing at the nearby
Placerville airport.

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