The Lancair community lost a pilot Monday. Our prayers to him and his family.
Jeff Edwards
2)04 WILLIAM KENNEDY LANCAIR 320 N42BK 11/29/10 1
791-320-633QB LY 0-320-D2J
HUBBARD OR A8448A
WILLIAM E. C KENNEDY
WILLIAM EC. KENNEDY III PORTLAND OR
ACFT. CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES SHORTLY AFTER T/O. SEATTLE OFFICE CK. INS/D. BOSWORTH. THE PILOT'S DOG SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT.
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
D/A: 11/29/10
Loc: Hubbard, OR
A/C: Lancair 320
Op: William E.C. Kennedy III
Inj: 1 fatal
November 30, 2010 Tuesday 4:40 AM GMT
HEADLINE: Ore. small plane crash kills pilot, dog survives
The crash of a small homemade plane south of Portland, Ore., killed the pilot but authorities say the man's dog survived.
Clackamas County sheriff's spokesman Jim Strovink said the plane crashed and burned Monday at a tree farm near Lenhardt Airpark in a rural area.
The pilot has been identified as 68-year-old William E.C. Kennedy III of Portland.
The sheriff's spokesman says Kennedy was accompanied by his Australian shepherd dog, Charlie. The dog ran from the burning debris to a nearby elementary school, the Ninety-One School, where faculty members found him scared, with singed fur and smelling of smoke.
Strovink says Deputy Nicholas Adler accompanied a chaplain to the Kennedy home to inform relatives of the crash and bring Charlie home.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.