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swperk

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:21 am Post subject: Commander 500U photo in latest B&CA issue

In the latest issue of Business & Commercial Aviation, I noticed a photo on page 32 of a flat-nacelled Commander (N252LD) sitting at the GA ramp at the Anchorage Airport. Just for fun, I Googled the N-number to see a bit of its history, and found that it had been "substantially damaged" in two separate fuel exhaustion accidents, the first on 8/4/68 in Kennard, TX, and the second on 1/6/77 in Kiowa, CO. Since the B&CA photo is a lot more recent than those two incidents, it would appear that N252LD "took a lickin' and kept on tickin'!"



Stan

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BertBerry1(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:43 am Post subject: Commander 500U photo in latest B&CA issue

Stan,

  

 N252LD was one of my Dad's Commanders, and he owned it when it ran out of  fuel and went down in Kenard, Texas.  They had just had the fuel gauge  changed in it and it too was faulty.  I have photos of it in the field that  night if your interested, send me you email address.  I don't think I can  post them here.  It was later involved in the accident in Colorado, same  situation, faulty fuel gauge.  As for as I know, it belongs to Mr.Towner as  part of his fleet and is now N607MM.  Tough Machine.

  

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In the latest    issue of Business & Commercial Aviation, I noticed a photo on page 32 of a    flat-nacelled Commander (N252LD) sitting at the GA ramp at the Anchorage    Airport. Just for fun, I Googled the N-number to see a bit of its history, and    found that it had been "substantially damaged" in two separate fuel exhaustion    accidents, the first on 8/4/68 in Kennard, TX, and the second on 1/6/77 in    Kiowa, CO. Since the B&CA photo is a lot more recent than those two    incidents, it would appear that N252LD "took a lickin' and kept on  sp;  se the  ies  ay                 - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS               - List Contribution Web Site  p;                             



	


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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject: Commander 500U photo in latest B&CA issue

Hi Stan,



That must be quite an old photo, as it's been with John Towner since March 1992 and was re-Registered as N607MM in September 1992.

As N252LD, it was owned by various parties domiciled in Anchorage, between April 1978 & March 1992.



Very Best Regards,

Barry



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swperk

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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:07 am Post subject: Commander 500U photo in latest B&CA issue

Hi Barry,



Thanks for the info! Bert Berry sent me several photos of it taken after the TX incident and two more of it after it had been repainted and reregistered to John Towner. The last photo he sent me was the very same photo as the one in the B&CA article!



BTW, here's a link to the article, complete with the photo in question:



http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/bca0411p01.xml&headline=Alaska:%20Aviation%27s%20Gateway%20to%20Asia&channel=bca



Regards,

Stan



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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:43 am Post subject: Commander 500U photo in latest B&CA issue

Thanks Stan!



Very Best Regards,

Barry



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