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Sorry I don't know any instructors in the area. I have not started training yet, just an interested lurker. Ohh the sand still blows around here, it isn't spring time in Lubbock until the sky turns red.

From what I have heard from those that have gotten their ticket here in Lubbock you will get plenty of training in cross wind landings. I assume that the CFIs here are used to training and flying in these conditions, since 10-15MPH is considered a nice day with a gentle breeze around here :)...

FAA records put it at 814 feet. It looks like it snapped at the point the lower guy wires were attached to the tower.

Over half of the tower was pulled down by the guy wires after the impact. The station had to be evacuated and the road outside of it closed due to the tower being structurally unsound. The station made the decision to remove the remaining part of the tower this evening so that they could...

The latest from NTSB is the Piper hit the guy wire of the tower and not the tower itself. The aircraft was cleared for the 35L approach, and was given permission to maneuver off the approach path for spacing by ATC before the accident...

The camera is looking south (maybe a little bit to the SE.) The store is pretty much 0.5 miles directly north of the tower.

A video from a general store surveillance camera that caught the crash has been released: http://www.everythinglubbock.com/story/d/story/security-camera-catches-plane-crashing-into-tv-tow/56106/TnuK1fuxw0CrqUXjhP797g Watch the top right corner.

KCBD is reporting that the pilot was Dr. Kenneth Mike Rice, who was part owner of the corporation that owns the plane, he held an IFR certificate. Conditions at the time of the crash were IFR with 700 ft ceiling and 7 sm visibility, there was some light mist and the temperature was 28°F...

The tower is about 6.5 NM south and 0.5 NM west of 35L.

The company that owns the plane looks to be a partnership based in Lubbock. Both owners live in Lubbock, and one holds an IFR rating, so likely would have been familiar with the approach.

Sad to make this my first post. At 7:30pm CST today it appears that N301D, a Piper Malibu Mirage, crashed into the transmitter tower for KCBD (the local NBC affiliate) while attempting to land at Lubbock Preston Smith Airport. There was one reported fatality, presumed to be the pilot. We had...