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| Subject: | AC500B Crash, Burns, OR |
Twin Commanders,
An Aero Commander 500B crashed near Burns, Oregon, while en route from Red
ding, CA (KRDD) to Montana.
The news article I read is listed here:
http://www.ktvz.com/news/24607311/detail.html
I did some very quick and dirty research because the news report was full
of typical inaccuracies and I wrote the following comment for the article
but did not post it because I would have had to register on their web sit
e ... and I'm already registered on too many web sites.
So, for you gentlemen:
There are several inaccuracies in this report, which is to be expected fro
m the general news media. Aero Commanders do not have a history of wing
failures. There are a few instances of tail failure on the turbine power
ed models and there is a recurring inspection required on some models of
Twin Commanders for wing spar corrosion. The model 500B is exempt from
this inspection requirement. A search of FAA Airman's Records shows two
pilots with the name of the deceased pilot, (perhaps father and son) livi
ng in Bonsall, California. Neither are instrument rated; only one is list
ed as having a multi-engine rating. If there were clouds in the area as
reported by the witness, ("...Witnesses said the plane, a 1962 Aero Comma
nder Model 500-B, could be heard coming out of the clouds, straight for th
e ground...=9D) an instrument rating to be in those clouds would ha
ve been required. There is no record of an Instrument Flight Plan in the
ATC system for an Twin Commander 500B on Wednesday between Redding, CA (K
RDD) and Montana, nor anywhere else.
Keith S. Gordon
Wing Commander Gordon
Life is not simple anywhere. Probably less so elsewhere.
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