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This morning's local paper (The Californian) had a write-up on the crash 
and said the plane was "registered to Leroy Poulin of Carson."
Charles Patton
N360JM

Skip Slater wrote:
>   This plane was bought partially completed last year and was finished 
> just a couple of hangars down from me at French Valley Airport (F70).  I 
> just spoke to the owner earlier this week. I only knew his first name, 
> which was Leroy.  He'd just finished putting the engine back on the 
> plane after discovering some serious cracks in his motor mount during 
> phase one testing last month.  The cracks were so bad he bought a new 
> mount rather than fix the old one.
>   I wasn't at the airport when the crash occurred, but from what I've 
> been told, the owner was flying a local hop and during his turn from 
> base to final, he overshot the centerline and in his effort to pull the 
> plane back to it, he entered an accellerated stall.  The plane flipped 
> on it's back and went nose first into a field killing him and his 
> passenger instantly.  Though I'm not sure, it sounds like the passenger 
> was a guy who had helped Leroy with some of the wiring in the plane.  If 
> that's who it was, he left a wife and three kids.  Leroy was in his 60's 
> and his kids are all grown.  If I hear any newer news, I'll post it.
>  
> Skip Slater
> N540ES
>