Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:36:44 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.1] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3192866 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:56:06 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.3.) id q.46.4cb6fdb5 (4238) for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:56:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <46.4cb6fdb5.2dbfa453@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:56:03 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: N511WD X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1083066963" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 880 -------------------------------1083066963 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rich, Further to my earlier reply: Former Judge Dies In Lancair Accident Disappeared From Radar In Heavy Weather (http://www.aero-news.net/#) A former Illinois state judge was killed over the weekend when his Lancair Legacy went down in heavy weather near Memphis (TN). Eldon Wendell Durr was 66 years old. He had retired from the bench in 1999 after presiding over a Madison County (IL) court for 16 years. The FAA called the Shelby County (TN) Sheriff's Office Friday morning to say controllers had lost touch with Durr's aircraft just as a strong thunderstorm passed through the area. Helicopters from the Memphis Police Department and a local television station located the wreckage about 25 miles east of Memphis, according to a sheriff's spokesman. Madison County Associate Judge Barbara Crowder told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Durr was "one of the happiest retired people" she ever met. "He built his own plane and lived on a runway. He flew for years. That was his big hobby. It's just a tragic, tragic thing." FAA Preliminary Accident Report IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 511WD Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- LANCAIR LEGACY Date: 04/23/2004 Time: 1458 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: MEMPHIS State: TN Country: US DESCRIPTION ACFT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER 25 NE OF MEM. MEM APPROACH LOST RADIO AND RADAR WITH ACFT. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED 25MI NE MEMPHIS, TN. 3517.09N/8933.24W. THE PASSENGER IS REPORTED FATAL. MEMPHIS, TN INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: SPECI KMEM 231457Z 33009G22KT 25M RA BR BKN010 BKN 030 OVC039 (http://www.aero-news.net/#) OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Cruise Operation: General Aviation Departed: 664 Dep Date: Dep. Time: Destination: ST LOUIS REGIONAL AI Flt Plan: IFR Wx Briefing: Y Last Radio Cont: 1458Z 24 NE MEM Last Clearance: 1456Z ALTITUDE DEV APPROACH FAA FSDO: MEMPHIS, TN (SO25) Entry date: 04/26/2004 <<>>>> _http://www.aero-news.net/_ (http://www.aero-news.net/) What was needed in the panel was WxWorx or NavAir _http://www.airgator.com/_ (http://www.airgator.com/) Anyway, I've been retired for years, love to fly, am IFR rated and so is my 320, BUT I do not need to be anywhere at any time (consider the concept "retired") ergo, I don't fly through weather beyond the capabilities of either me or the plane. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) LML, where ideas collide and you decide! -------------------------------1083066963 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rich,
 
Further to my earlier reply:
 

Former Judge Dies In Lancair Accident

Disappeared From Radar In Heavy Weather

3Dhttp://www.aero-news.net/#=20A former Illinois state judge was ki= lled over=20 the weekend when his Lancair Legacy went down in heavy weather near Memphis=20 (TN).

Eldon Wendell Durr was 66 years old. He had retired from the bench in 199= 9=20 after presiding over a Madison County (IL) court for 16 years.

The FAA called the Shelby County (TN) Sheriff's Office Friday morning to=20= say=20 controllers had lost touch with Durr's aircraft just as a strong thunderstor= m=20 passed through the area. Helicopters from the Memphis Police Department and=20= a=20 local television station located the wreckage about 25 miles east of Memphis= ,=20 according to a sheriff's spokesman.

Madison County Associate Judge Barbara Crowder told the St. Louis=20 Post-Dispatch Durr was "one of the happiest retired people" she ever met. "H= e=20 built his own plane and lived on a runway. He flew for years. That was his b= ig=20 hobby. It's just a tragic, tragic thing."


FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#:=20 511WD        Make/Model:=20 EXP       Description: EXP- LANCAIR=20 LEGACY
  Date: 04/23/2004     Time: 1458

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury:=20 Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
&nb= sp;=20 Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
  City:=20 MEMPHIS           &nb= sp;        =20 State: TN   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  ACFT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER 25 NE OF MEM. MEM APPROACH= =20 LOST RADIO AND RADAR
  WITH ACFT. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED 25MI NE MEMPH= IS,=20 TN.   3517.09N/8933.24W.
  THE PASSENGER IS REPORTED FATAL= .=20 MEMPHIS, TN

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:  =20 1
            = ;    =20 # Crew:   1     Fat:  =20 0     Ser:   0    =20 Min:   0    =20 Unk:   
        &n= bsp;       =20 # Pass:    1     Fat:  =20 1     Ser:   0    =20 Min:   0    =20 Unk:   
        &n= bsp;       =20 # Grnd:           Fat: &nb= sp;=20 0     Ser:   0    =20 Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: SPECI KMEM 231457Z 33009G22KT 25M RA BR BKN010 BKN 030=20 OVC039           &nbs= p;  
         &nbs= p;            &n= bsp;            =             &nbs= p;            &n= bsp;            =            
 =

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            &= nbsp;            = ;            &nb= sp;            &= nbsp;    

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phas= e:=20 Cruise      Operation: General Aviation

  Departed:=20 664            &= nbsp;           =20 Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
&nbs= p;=20 Destination: ST LOUIS REGIONAL AI     Flt Plan:=20 IFR          Wx Briefing:=20 Y
  Last Radio Cont: 1458Z 24 NE MEM
  Last Clearance: 1456Z= =20 ALTITUDE DEV APPROACH

  FAA FSDO: MEMPHIS, TN =20 (SO25)           &nbs= p;      =20 Entry date: 04/26/2004

<<<The above from Propwash>>>>>  http://www.aero-news.net/

What was needed in the panel was WxWorx or NavAir  http://www.airgator.com/

Anyway, I've been retired for years, love to fly, am IFR rated and so is=20= my=20 320, BUT I do not need to be anywhere at any time (consider the=20 concept "retired") ergo, I don't fly through weather beyond the=20 capabilities of either me or the plane.

S= cott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

LML, where ideas collide and you=20 decide!

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