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Small plane crashes into a home near Midway Airport
The Chicago Fire Department confirms the plane crashed into the home at 6511 S. Knox Avenue just before 3 a.m. this morning (wgntv.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This article calls the plane a "turboprop" and the NY Daily News reported it as a small jet. It is an old piston powered Commander. Doesn't this lead you to severely question the efficacy of the press.
I agree completely, especially when the photos clearly show N30MB and they could have just looked here: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30MB . And it's not as if that FAA site is some insider thing either; in a simple Google search for "lookup airplane number" it's the first result. It's not that hard to get these things right; it's as if they're not even trying.
Or just plug N30MB into Google.
I used to fly for this company several years ago and it was indeed a very old, Twin Piston, Aero Commander 500B or possibly U model aircraft. These aircraft fly really well on one engine however, I'm not going to do any "Monday morning Quarter Back" preaching. Here is a link to another article that is somewhat accurate in its details of the accident.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article3993063.html
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article3993063.html
This is the kind of Aircraft that crashed according to the news report on Yahoo: Aero Commander 500 cargo jet. An Aero Commander 500 Jet?
I thought these were Piston Powered?
I thought these were Piston Powered?
It is not surprising to me that the media would get something completely wrong in an aviation story. This was in fact a twin piston. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30MB
Well Damn... they didnt waste time reassigning that flight number to another aero commander. The show must go on I guess..