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Wreckage Of Missing Plane Spotted In Angeles National Forest
LANCASTER (CBSLA.com/AP) — Authorities say the wreckage of a small plane found in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest is an aircraft reported missing last week. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials were notified of the wreckage spotted Wednesday morning near Lake Hughes. There was no immediate information about the plane’s occupants. Allen Kenitzer of the Federal Aviation Administration says the plane is a Mooney M20J that went missing Jan. 12 during a flight from Tehachapi to… (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Más...
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trying to sneak in under the weather? thought he could beat the weather? Worked as ATC at South Tahoe - always some guy wanted to fly in bad conditions... had a small Piper load up with luggage, wife, 2 kids when storm approaching... as he taxied out "Piper 123 taxi to rwy 18, wind 180 at 25 gusting to 40, caution moderate to severe turbulence and downdrafts over last 1/3 of runway" then same warning and "cleared for takeoff".. pilot in charge, not controller... turned left into hillside and crashed.. all survived.. over 100 wreckage sites within 30 miles of airport- almost all due to flying when maybe they shouldn't... crash avery 2 weeks summer Sunday PM
Used to be a common thing south of Seattle years back on woman found a missing light plane by looking out her kitchen window one sunny day. Seems right time of day right place for her to be the sun glinted off of a piece of wreckage. She called the FAA which found it as it had been missing for months.
Looks like CFIT (controlled flight into terrain). But that's just my armchair 2 cents.
Scud running is quite common and here is another pilot which killed innocent people that thought he was a safe pilot to fly with.
The pilot was the only person on board.
I had a suspicion that I would have a photo of the aircraft in question (registration N6201N) since this was local to me, and I do:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000252586L.html
My condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000252586L.html
My condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
