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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: RV-7 Crash |
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http://www.wlwt.com/news/13357582/detail.html
MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- An amateur-built plane crashed Monday in a
cornfield in central Ohio as the pilot tried to land at a small
airport, killing the two Florida men in the aircraft, authorities said.
The plane made a slow spiral as it fell and hit the ground at a sharp
angle, sending up smoke, said Dale Scheiderer, a farmer who was on his
tractor planting soybeans when he watched the plane crash into his
cornfield.
Shortly before that, the pilot had radioed Union County Airport near
the farm, notifying officials the plane was about three miles away and
was about to land, airport manager Adam Gibson said.
Wind was light and visibility was clear as the two-seat plane traveled
the length of the runway at about 10 feet off the ground, then turned
slightly left, he said.
"I saw it come in low, and then when it didn't land, I didn't
necessarily think anything of it," Gibson said. "We assumed he was
going around for another try."
But the RV-7A plane crashed nose first instead in the field south of
Marysville.
The pilot was Evan Wood, 68, and the passenger was Walter Buchholz, 73,
both of Punta Gorda, Fla., State Highway Patrol Lt. Rick Zwayer said.
The men died on impact, county Coroner David Applegate said. Autopsies
will be performed.
The plane took off from Bay City, Mich., early Monday morning, and
probably was stopping in Marysville to refuel, Zwayer said.
An RV-7A is built from a kit, which costs about $18,000 without an
engine, propeller or interior furnishing and can take about 1,500 hours
to put together, said Dick Knapinski, spokesman for the Osh Kosh,
Wis.-based Experimental Aircraft Association.
The planes must be certified as air worthy by federal aviation
regulators, he said.
Federal investigators have been informed of the crash.
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