Pilot on cell phone when plane crashes into Lake Pleasant
Mark Phillips
12News
May. 12, 2007 11:43 AM
The FAA says the pilot of a plane which crashed into Lake Pleasant Friday night was talking on a cell phone to a friend in a boat below.
According to FAA spokesman Ian Gregor the pilot asked the friend to shine a flashlight into the air so he could see him. The pilot was flying very low over the lake. Witnesses say about 20 feet above the water. The plane crashed directly infront of the boat he was trying to find.
The name of the pilot has not yet been released. But 12 News learned the plane was rented from the Southwest Flight Center in Scottsdale. The owner of the company told 12 News the pilot was certified to fly commercial aircraft. He had been renting planes from the company for 20 years.
The crash occured shortly after 8pm Friday. Saturday morning recovery crews returned to Lake Pleasant. They will try to recover the victim as well as debris from the aircraft.
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1 comment:
I read that yesterday. *sigh* The guy was at least a 20 year long experienced pilot with a commercial certificate. Talk about complacency and bad judgment killing. That poor friend on the boat too...
It's almost as bad as the guy in the Baron who said "I think I can roll this thing" and then did it so poorly his airplane came apart in flight killing not just HIM, but FOUR others too, including twin 13-year-old boys on a joy ride after their birthday and their father.
Just...*sigh*
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