X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:49:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 2759111 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:49:48 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.252.48; envelope-from=skipslater@verizon.net Received: from wbs ([71.189.203.216]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JWV00JPKJPB85B1@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:48:47 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:48:41 -0800 From: "Skip Slater" Subject: IV-P Down in SoCal X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Message-id: <004001c878e2$e3092af0$0301a8c0@wbs> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003D_01C8789F.D34DE5D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C8789F.D34DE5D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon a IV-P lost power and had to make a forced landing in a = ravine short of Runway 36 on a visual approach to French Valley, CA = (F70). There were three souls on board, all survived OK. From what I = was told, the plane was a fairly new one based in Bend, OR and was = mostly red and white in color. I don't know who the owner/pilot was. It = had made multiple flights during the day taking different passengers for = rides. On this particular flight, a witness told me the plane lost = power on downwind or turning base and was unable to make it to the = runway. I saw the wreckage when on approach to the same runway a couple of hours = after the crash and the fuselage was largely intact, though the tail = appeared to have broken ahead of the horizontal stab. The plane is = resting on a faily steep slope about halfway down a ravine. How it = ended up there with no one getting injured or worse is miraculous. Skip Slater N540ES ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C8789F.D34DE5D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This afternoon a IV-P lost power and = had to make a=20 forced landing in a ravine short of Runway 36 on a visual approach = to=20 French Valley, CA (F70).  There were three souls on board, all = survived=20 OK.  From what I was told, the plane was a fairly new one based in = Bend, OR=20 and was mostly red and white in color. I don't know who the owner/pilot=20 was.  It had made multiple flights during the day taking different=20 passengers for rides.  On this particular flight, a witness told me = the=20 plane lost power on downwind or turning base and was unable to make it = to the=20 runway.
 
I saw the wreckage when on approach to = the same=20 runway a couple of hours after the crash and the fuselage was = largely=20 intact, though the tail appeared to have broken ahead of the horizontal=20 stab.  The plane is resting on a faily steep slope about halfway = down a=20 ravine.  How it ended up there with no one getting injured or worse = is=20 miraculous.
 
Skip Slater
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