X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 10:26:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.2) with ESMTP id 2879416 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:20:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.252.40; envelope-from=tom.gourley@verizon.net Received: from jacky0da39824a ([71.111.168.41]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K0600K736RM0ZA0@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:23:50 -0500 (CDT) X-Original-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:19:28 -0700 From: "Tom Gourley" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: IVP down in Mesa, AZ, 3 souls lost X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Reply-to: "Tom Gourley" X-Original-Message-id: <001101c8ab3a$2b2447f0$650610ac@jacky0da39824a> 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_000E_01C8AAFF.7DFF87E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C8AAFF.7DFF87E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Does anyone have any information on the Lancair that went down in Mesa = AZ"=20 I checked the local news websites but, other than personal information, = I didn't see any more than is in the NTSB prelim. Tom Gourley On April 23, 2008, at 0709 mountain standard time (MST), a Carlton = Cadwell Lancair IV-P, N25CL, experimental amateur built airplane, = experienced a loss of control during takeoff and subsequently impacted = into a orange grove near Falcon Field Airport (FFZ), Mesa, Arizona. = Boehle Aviation LLC, was operating the airplane under the provisions of = 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The commercial pilot with = a certified flight instructor (CFI) certificate, the private pilot, and = one passenger were killed; the airplane was destroyed by impact forces = and post crash fire. The cross-country personal flight departed Mesa, = Arizona, with a planned destination of Santa Ana, California. Visual = meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules = (IFR) flight plan had been filed. Air traffic controllers reported that after takeoff, about the time the = gear was being retracted, they observed smoke trailing from the = airplane. The controller advised the pilot of the smoke. The controller = did not receive any response from the airplane. Witnesses observed the = airplane make an abrupt climbing left turn, and then the wings rocked = back and forth, followed by the airplane descending straight down into = an orange grove. The airplane exploded on impact and witnesses observed = a large fireball. The airplane and engine was recovered and examined on April 24, 2008, at = Air Transport Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. No abnormalities were noted on the = engine which would have precluded normal operations. All flight control = surfaces were accounted for at the accident site. Due to the post crash = fire and the thermal consumption of a majority of the composite = airframe, control continuity could not be established. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C8AAFF.7DFF87E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"Does anyone have any information = on the=20 Lancair that went down in Mesa AZ" 
 
I checked the local news websites but, = other than=20 personal information, I didn't see any more than is in the = NTSB=20 prelim.
 
Tom Gourley
 
On April 23, 2008, at 0709 mountain standard time (MST), a Carlton = Cadwell=20 Lancair IV-P, N25CL, experimental amateur built airplane, experienced a = loss of=20 control during takeoff and subsequently impacted into a orange grove = near Falcon=20 Field Airport (FFZ), Mesa, Arizona. Boehle Aviation LLC, was operating = the=20 airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) = Part 91.=20 The commercial pilot with a certified flight instructor (CFI) = certificate, the=20 private pilot, and one passenger were killed; the airplane was destroyed = by=20 impact forces and post crash fire. The cross-country personal flight = departed=20 Mesa, Arizona, with a planned destination of Santa Ana, California. = Visual=20 meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules = (IFR) flight=20 plan had been filed.

Air traffic controllers reported that after = takeoff,=20 about the time the gear was being retracted, they observed smoke = trailing from=20 the airplane. The controller advised the pilot of the smoke. The = controller did=20 not receive any response from the airplane. Witnesses observed the = airplane make=20 an abrupt climbing left turn, and then the wings rocked back and forth, = followed=20 by the airplane descending straight down into an orange grove. The = airplane=20 exploded on impact and witnesses observed a large fireball.

The = airplane=20 and engine was recovered and examined on April 24, 2008, at Air = Transport Inc.,=20 Phoenix, Arizona. No abnormalities were noted on the engine which would = have=20 precluded normal operations. All flight control surfaces were accounted = for at=20 the accident site. Due to the post crash fire and the thermal = consumption of a=20 majority of the composite airframe, control continuity could not be=20 established.
 
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