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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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 Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: 601XL down |
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Hi guys,
This is forwarded from Cy Galley for your information. I don't know
more than what's here.
*Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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Fair Oaks couple die as craft explodes south of Yuba City
By Deepa Ranganathan - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PST Sunday, November 5, 2006
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1
Debris from a downed two-seater aircraft awaits removal on Saturday from
a prune orchard south of Yuba City. Donald J. and Adeline E. Dennehey of
Fair Oaks were killed in the crash. Parts of the plane, which took off
from Sacramento Mather Airport, were scattered hundreds of feet apart.
Sacramento Bee/Lezlie Sterling
A Fair Oaks couple were killed Saturday morning when their single-engine
plane crashed in a prune orchard south of Yuba City.
Donald J. and Adeline E. Dennehey died when the plane apparently
exploded in midair about 11:40 a.m., according to a Sutter County
Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. The cause of the accident is unknown.
The pilot was not in touch with air traffic control before the crash,
said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
"That's not unusual," he said. "It's not a congested area, and they were
flying under visual flight rules. The rule is see and be seen."
Donald Dennehey was flying a Zodiac CH601 XL, a light two-seater that
was manufactured by the Zenith Aircraft Co. of Mexico, Mo. The aircraft
was not home-built, authorities said.
The plane took off from Sacramento Mather Airport and was headed for
Willows-Glenn County Airport, about 80 miles north of Sacramento, Gregor
said.
The crash occurred 15 miles south of downtown Yuba City, in a rural area
of rice fields and fruit orchards.
Witnesses said they heard the plane overhead, its engine coughing and
sputtering.
Then came a loud bang, followed by a screeching, metallic sound as the
plane hit the muddy earth near Wilson and Major roads.
Mangled parts of the plane -- a wing here, the engine there -- were
scattered hundreds of feet apart in a prune orchard belonging to Rick
and Joyce Magenheimer.
"It was like a bomb going off," said neighbor David Waters, who said he
saw the plane falling and called 911. "The wings came off the fuselage.
They were falling like a feather, floating and spiraling down."
Lightweight metal parts fluttered in the air for nearly half a minute,
said Eric Kalb, who works on the Magenheimers' farm. Kalb said he took
cover under a truck trailer.
"I saw sheet metal pieces, two feet by one foot, flying in the air," he
said.
The Sutter County Sheriff's Department removed the bodies from the
orchard about 4:30 p.m., said Capt. Dave Samson.
The plane did not catch fire, and it appears the Denneheys died either
in the explosion or upon hitting the ground, he said.
The Sheriff's Department, the FAA and the National Transportation Safety
Board are investigating the crash.
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amyvega2005(at)earthlink.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: 601XL down |
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how unfortunate it sounds like a certified 601. Sounds like a cylender problem on a lycoming, blowing a piston, who lnows at this point. May God bless them.
Juan
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: 601XL down |
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A very sad day in the Zenith community.. godspeed to them both..
do not archive
Ben Haas
N801BH
www.haaspowerair.com
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how unfortunate it sounds like a certified 601. Sounds like a cylender problem on a lycoming, blowing a piston, who lnows at this point. May God bless them.
Juan
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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: 601XL down |
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Very sad indeed. Do any of our listers know this couple? They probably did not participate in the list since they were not builders but we have Zenith builders in SoCal, don't we?
Ed Moody II
Rayne, LA
601XL/Jabiru/cabin area
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