X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:29:01 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO server1.USTEK) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1541624 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:39:35 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=rsimon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C70283.19876B28" Subject: RE: [LML] Lancair down in Georgia Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:40:47 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Lancair down in Georgia Thread-Index: AccCf3SdQlNQCzdoTrigVyKruCixdgAA5Aaw From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C70283.19876B28 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C70283.19876B28" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C70283.19876B28 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dalton newspaper wrote: =20 Published: November 06, 2006 12:49 pm =20 =20 =20 =20 Crash kills pilot Plane lands in median of highway Kim Sloan kimsloan@daltoncitizen.com Darrell Snyder and Dana Bennett saw a single-engine plane circling Highway 52 Monday afternoon just minutes before it crashed into a median just east of Highway 286, killing an Illinois man. "It looked like he was going to land in the road," Snyder, of Dalton, said. "He was above the trees when we first saw him." Just a few seconds later, the plane dove into the ground, mangling the cockpit and spilling fuel into the westbound lanes of the highway. Charlie Laing, 52, of Sycamore, Ill., died in the crash, according to Whitfield County Coroner Bobbie Dixon. Laing was flying from DeKalb, Ill., to Brooksville, Fla., said Kathleen Bergen of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The plane did not hit any cars, and there were no passengers. Laing, a native of Chicago who had moved to DeKalb to attend Northern Illinois University, owned apartment complexes around DeKalb and Sycamore, according to the Daily Chronicle newspaper in DeKalb. Bennett, a certified nursing assistant from Dalton, tried to help Laing after the crash but "he was gone," she said. Katie Brooker, who lives just a few yards from the crash site, heard a big "kaboom," she said. "I thought it was a car," Brooker said. "As soon as I got to my driveway the ambulance and fire trucks were pulling up." Emergency officials were on their way to the Dalton Municipal Airport after receiving a call from Whitfield County 911 at 12:27 p.m. that a plane was going to attempt an emergency landing due to engine problems, a spokesman for 911 said. The plane crashed at 12:36 p.m., the spokesman said. Officials from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the crash site late Monday afternoon to investigate. The plane was an experimental plane, which is built from a kit, Bergen said. The planes are regulated by the FAA, she said. The plane was not registered to Laing. ________________________________ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Farnsworth Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:13 AM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Lancair down in Georgia Near Dalton, GA yesterday (6 Nov) afternoon. Charlie Laing the pilot. Looks like a IV or maybe an ES. =20 Anyone have any information? ------_=_NextPart_002_01C70283.19876B28 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dalton newspaper wrote:
 

Published: November 06, 2006 12:49 pm   =20         

Crash kills pilot

Plane lands in median of highway

Kim=20 Sloan
kimsloan@daltoncitizen.com

Darrell Snyder and Dana Bennett saw a single-engine plane = circling=20 Highway 52 Monday afternoon just minutes before it crashed into a median = just=20 east of Highway 286, killing an Illinois man.

“It looked = like he was=20 going to land in the road,” Snyder, of Dalton, said. “He was = above the trees=20 when we first saw him.”

Just a few seconds later, the plane = dove into the=20 ground, mangling the cockpit and spilling fuel into the westbound lanes = of the=20 highway.

Charlie Laing, 52, of Sycamore, Ill., died in the crash, = according to Whitfield County Coroner Bobbie Dixon. Laing was flying = from=20 DeKalb, Ill., to Brooksville, Fla., said Kathleen Bergen of the Federal = Aviation=20 Administration (FAA). The plane did not hit any cars, and there were no=20 passengers.

Laing, a native of Chicago who had moved to DeKalb to = attend=20 Northern Illinois University, owned apartment complexes around DeKalb = and=20 Sycamore, according to the Daily Chronicle newspaper in = DeKalb.

Bennett,=20 a certified nursing assistant from Dalton, tried to help Laing after the = crash=20 but “he was gone,” she said.

Katie Brooker, who lives = just a few yards=20 from the crash site, heard a big “kaboom,” she = said.

“I thought it was a=20 car,” Brooker said. “As soon as I got to my driveway the = ambulance and fire=20 trucks were pulling up.”

Emergency officials were on their = way to the=20 Dalton Municipal Airport after receiving a call from Whitfield County = 911 at=20 12:27 p.m. that a plane was going to attempt an emergency landing due to = engine=20 problems, a spokesman for 911 said. The plane crashed at 12:36 p.m., the = spokesman said.

Officials from the FAA and the National = Transportation=20 Safety Board arrived at the crash site late Monday afternoon to=20 investigate.

The plane was an experimental plane, which is built = from a=20 kit, Bergen said. The planes are regulated by the FAA, she = said.

The=20 plane was not registered to Laing.


From: Lancair Mailing List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Farnsworth
Sent:=20 Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:13 AM
To: Lancair Mailing=20 List
Subject: [LML] Lancair down in = Georgia

Near Dalton, GA=20 yesterday (6 Nov) afternoon. Charlie Laing the pilot. Looks like a IV or = maybe=20 an ES.

 

Anyone have any=20 information?

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