alaskaflyer
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This is about all I know about it. The way the article sounds, it appears that it might have been a fly in of some type. A check of my usual discussion forums didn't produce an announcement of a DV fly-in, thank goodness, so no one I know, but it doesn't reduce the tragedy.
I know that is a popular place to fly in for a "sunday brunch" at the nearby lodge.
Pilot Killed in Private Plane Crash
By Nancy Wizner, Chief Ranger
May 02, 2006
A private plane crashed about a half mile southeast of the Furnace Creek airstrip on Timbisha Shoshone tribal land around 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 30th. The 56-year-old pilot, a resident of Independence, Oregon, died at the scene; his wife was injured and airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas. The accident occurred after the pilot had taken off from the airport – the fifth in a group to depart from the airstrip. The park’s structural fire truck was used to ensure that there would be no fire in the overturned plane while the pilot was being extricated. The NPS, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and coroner, and the California Highway Patrol all responded. The FAA and NTSB have been notified. The temperature during this incident was about 106 degrees. Inyo County is the lead agency in the investigation.
I know that is a popular place to fly in for a "sunday brunch" at the nearby lodge.
Pilot Killed in Private Plane Crash
By Nancy Wizner, Chief Ranger
May 02, 2006
A private plane crashed about a half mile southeast of the Furnace Creek airstrip on Timbisha Shoshone tribal land around 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 30th. The 56-year-old pilot, a resident of Independence, Oregon, died at the scene; his wife was injured and airlifted to a hospital in Las Vegas. The accident occurred after the pilot had taken off from the airport – the fifth in a group to depart from the airstrip. The park’s structural fire truck was used to ensure that there would be no fire in the overturned plane while the pilot was being extricated. The NPS, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and coroner, and the California Highway Patrol all responded. The FAA and NTSB have been notified. The temperature during this incident was about 106 degrees. Inyo County is the lead agency in the investigation.
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