Fox News reports another one...

[colomtnflyer]

This morning, Fox News reported a small aircraft crast in Tulsa, with 5 fatalities...

quoted from Fox-
"A small plane crashed in a park in Tulsa Saturday morning, killing five people, Capt. Chris West of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told FOX News.
The plane went down in Chandler Park at about 10:40 a.m., according to NewsOn6.com. Two men and three women were pronounced dead at the scene.
There were unconfirmed reports that the aircraft crashed into a baseball field.
The plane appears to have hit a cable before it went down, NewsOn6 reported. Witnesses reported hearing a loud popping noise before the crash.
The aircraft broke apart into several pieces and burst into flames upon impact, according to NewsOn6. Two of the victims ejected and the other three stayed inside the plane.
There was no word on what may have caused the accident or on the identity of the victims."

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Reportedly was headed to Dallas.

Warning, disturbing video: http://www.newson6.com/Global/category.asp?C=121535&clipId=4104898&autostart=true

Piper product? If it left Jones Riverside (KRVS) as reported, and crashed in Tulsa, they didn't get far.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11081324

It was this PA32: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1228H

One news story says:

Investigators with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the plane hit a communication tower and crashed in the back of the park near West 21st Street and South 65th West Avenue. OHP officials said the plane had just taken off from Jones Riverside airport and was headed to Dallas for the OU game.

RVS is at 638' MSL, traffic pattern altitude is 1713' ; FlightAware track shows they never got above 1500', airspeed was good though.

 

[Everskyward]

FlightAware track shows they never got above 1500', airspeed was good though.

I looked at the track log which seems a little weird. The groundspeed shows as 168 kts for hours but it never goes anywhere.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Yeah, I think that's a bug in their system; it actually shows them as "arrived" at DAL, too.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Pretty low weather this morning, there:

KRVS 051414Z 02004KT 3SM BR OVC004 21/19 A3009 RMK AO2
KRVS 051433Z 06006KT 3SM BR OVC006 21/20 A3009 RMK AO2 CIG 004V010
KRVS 051440Z 04005KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC006 22/19 A3010 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008
KRVS 051453Z 04005KT 3SM BR OVC006 22/19 A3010 RMK AO2 CIG 005V010 SLP198 T02170194 51023
KRVS 051511Z 03004KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC006 21/19 A3011 RMK AO2
KRVS 051535Z 04005KT 4SM HZ OVC006 22/19 A3011 RMK AO2 CIG 005V010
KRVS 051553Z 02006KT 3SM HZ OVC008 23/20 A3011 RMK AO2 CIG 007V012 SLP200 T02280200
KRVS 051602Z 01007KT 4SM HZ OVC010 23/19 A3011 RMK AO2 CIG 007V013
KRVS 051624Z 01005KT 5SM HZ BKN010 BKN020 24/20 A3011 RMK AO2
KRVS 051653Z 03005KT 4SM HZ OVC012 24/20 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02390200

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Victims named; two doctors and the family of one of them

http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-dead-a...heavy-fog-likely-hit-tower-guide-wire-160795/

Sounds like they hit a guy wire on a tower; the chart shows one at 1435' at the north bend in the river; the crashed on the south side of the river, just to the west of that, after departing RVS northbound.

The Veteto family, who just lost Dad in the accident, is no stranger to tragic accidents. I remembered seeing their son's name, Cody, in the news before.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20090905X31040&key=1

I hope the investigation will help answer why they were so low. On an IFR flight plan, 8 miles NW of the airport, I would expect them to be have climbed at least a couple thousand feet into IMC by that point.

 

[gismo]

There's an extensive thread about this accident on the BeechTalk forum, including a post or two from relatives of the pilot.

http://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5075