Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:17:06 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m16.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.206] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.2) with ESMTP id 421910 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:12:15 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.206; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m16.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.7.) id q.ac.62d6837c (1320) for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:11:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:11:36 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Lancair crash X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1095646296" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 -------------------------------1095646296 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Not a Lancair -- =20 From the Mesa Arizona Tribune: =20 Plane crashes shortly after takeoff; 2 dead By Toni Laxson and J.=20 Craig Anderson Tribune Bill Alexander and his golfing partner had just hit their second=20 shots onto the green when they heard the plane going down.=20 "The engine was missing really bad," said Alexander, of Mesa. "And we both=20 looked up at the same time and said, =E2=80=98He=E2=80=99s not going to mak= e it.=E2=80=99 " =20 The sputtering singleengine experimental plane was about 100 feet above the= =20 LongBow Golf Club, directly east of Mesa=E2=80=99s Falcon Field Municipal A= irport,=20 when it suddenly swung to the left, said Alexander and partner Jean Wylie.=20 "As soon as the wing hit the ground, it just exploded," Wylie said.=20 The plane crashed and ignited a fireball about 7:15 a.m. on the fairway of=20 the 15th hole. It had taken off only seconds earlier with a full tank of fu= el=20 from the airport.=20 Two men died in the crash, Mesa police Sgt. Chuck Trapani said.=20 Because of the extent of the fire and the absence of an official flight=20 record, police said they could not positively identify the victims until de= ntal =20 records could be matched.=20 According to the Federal Aviation Administration civil aircraft registry,=20 the plane, a 1993 Glasair II-F, belonged to a David Houx in Ada, Ohio, said= =20 Paul Turk, an FAA spokesman out of Washington, D.C.=20 A company at the airport called Phoenix Composites specializes in selling=20 the same make of experimental plane that crashed.=20 Employees at the company, however, said Saturday they could not discuss=20 whether it was connected to the crash.=20 Eight people have died this year either flying out of or into Falcon Field=20= =20 airport.=20 Mark Freeman, a spokesman for the Mesa Fire Department, said the plane had=20 been prepped the night before for a "check-off" maintenance flight Saturday= =20 morning.=20 The pilot, immediately after takeoff, issued what Freeman called a "decla ration of emergency" so other pilots in the area would stay clear.=20 "They tried to come back to the airport and ended up crashing on the=20 fairway," he said.=20 An airport tower employee saw the plane was having problems on takeoff and=20= =20 alerted the on-site fire station.=20 Alexander and Wylie were first to arrive at the burning plane, where flames= =20 were already 30 feet high. =20 "I wanted to see if I could help, but obviously I couldn=E2=80=99t," Alexan= der said.=20 "It was engulfed."=20 Jay Larscheid, with the LongBow golf course, said the FAA ordered the back=20 nine holes of the course closed for the investigation.=20 He said that while no golfers were on the 15th hole at the time of the=20 crash, a shotgun golf tournament was about to start.=20 "If this had happened 15 minutes later, we would have had dozens of golfers= =20 here," he said.=20 Timeline=20 Timeline of 2004 deaths on aircraft flying out of or into Mesa=E2=80=99s Fa= lcon=20 Field Municipal Airport=20 Jan. 5: One man died when the plane he flew for Air West crashed en route t= o=20 Colorado.=20 Feb. 17: Two men died when their experimental aircraft went down in Apache=20 Junction.=20 May 31: Two men died when their biplane crashed near the Beeline Highway=20 after takeoff.=20 June 24: One man died attempting to land a helicopter on a flatbed trailer=20 at the airport. =20 >>> =20 _http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=3D28285_=20 (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=3D28285)=20 =20 =20 =20 Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) Some Assembly Required =20 Using Common Hand Tools. -------------------------------1095646296 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en
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From the Mesa Arizona Tribune:
 
Plane crashes shortly after=20 takeoff; 2 dead
By Toni Laxson and J. Craig=20 Anderson
Tribune
Bill Alexander and his golf= ing=20 partner had just hit their second shots onto the green when they heard= the=20 plane going down.
"The engine was missing really bad," said Alexan= der,=20 of Mesa. "And we both looked up at the same time and said, =E2=80=98He= =E2=80=99s not going=20 to make it.=E2=80=99 "
The sputtering singleengine experimental plane was= about=20 100 feet above the LongBow Golf Club, directly east of Mesa=E2=80=99s=20= Falcon Field=20 Municipal Airport, when it suddenly swung to the left, said Alexander=20= and=20 partner Jean Wylie.

"As soon as the wing hit the ground, it ju= st=20 exploded," Wylie said.

The plane crashed and ignited a firebal= l=20 about 7:15 a.m. on the fairway of the 15th hole. It had taken off only= =20 seconds earlier with a full tank of fuel from the airport.

Two= men=20 died in the crash, Mesa police Sgt. Chuck Trapani said.

Becaus= e of=20 the extent of the fire and the absence of an official flight record,=20 police said they could not positively identify the victims until denta= l=20 records could be matched.

According to the Federal Aviation=20 Administration civil aircraft registry, the plane, a 1993 Glasair II-F= ,=20 belonged to a David Houx in Ada, Ohio, said Paul Turk, an FAA spokesma= n=20 out of Washington, D.C.

A company at the airport called Phoeni= x=20 Composites specializes in selling the same make of experimental plane=20= that=20 crashed.

Employees at the company, however, said Saturday they= =20 could not discuss whether it was connected to the crash.

Eight= =20 people have died this year either flying out of or into Falcon Field=20 airport.

Mark Freeman, a spokesman for the Mesa Fire Departmen= t,=20 said the plane had been prepped the night before for a "check-off"=20 maintenance flight Saturday morning.

The pilot, immediately af= ter=20 takeoff, issued what Freeman called a "declaration of emergency" so ot= her=20 pilots in the area would stay clear.

"They tried to come back=20= to=20 the airport and ended up crashing on the fairway," he said.

An= =20 airport tower employee saw the plane was having problems on takeoff an= d=20 alerted the on-site fire station.

Alexander and Wylie were fir= st=20 to arrive at the burning plane, where flames were already 30 feet high= .=20

"I wanted to see if I could help, but obviously I couldn=E2= =80=99t,"=20 Alexander said. "It was engulfed."

Jay Larscheid, with the Lon= gBow=20 golf course, said the FAA ordered the back nine holes of the course cl= osed=20 for the investigation.

He said that while no golfers were on t= he=20 15th hole at the time of the crash, a shotgun golf tournament was abou= t to=20 start.

"If this had happened 15 minutes later, we would have h= ad=20 dozens of golfers here," he said.

Timeline
Timeline of 200= 4=20 deaths on aircraft flying out of or into Mesa=E2=80=99s Falcon Field M= unicipal=20 Airport

Jan. 5: One man died when the plane he flew for Air We= st=20 crashed en route to Colorado.

Feb. 17: Two men died when their= =20 experimental aircraft went down in Apache Junction.

May 31: Tw= o=20 men died when their biplane crashed near the Beeline Highway after=20 takeoff.

June 24: One man died attempting to land a helicopter= on=20 a flatbed trailer at the airport.
 
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