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Robert Reed
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 Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject: Sad Report: Another TR-4 Down |
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Reported on the news tonight in Dallas: An Experimental Aircraft - TR-4 manufactured by John Davis in 2006 Tail number N767GW crashed near Denton Texas. Two passengers on board were taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas for treatment of injuries. No additional information on who was flying or on-board. The plane was totally destroyed by fire with only the tail section appearing to be in tact.
From what I have been able to learn the plane was registered Harold Culp in Carrollton Texas. I didn't even know there was a KIS TR-4 in the area.
I will update as more information becomes available but in the mean time please keep the pilot and passenger in your prayers.
Bob Reed
DENTON (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― A two seat aircraft failed to gain enough altitude and crashed about a mile south of [url=#]Denton [/url] Municipal Airport around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. A husband and wife were on board and transported by a CareFlite helicopter to Parkland Hospital with severe burns.John Cabrales, City of Denton spokesman, called the plane an "experimental two-seat aircraft" and confirmed that it took flight at about 7:12 p.m. from that [url=#]airport[/url].The plane was cleared for take-off by the airport's control tower, but could not gain altitude fast enough. It lost [url=#]power[/url] in the wind and plummeted to the ground. At about 8:30 p.m., officers had sectioned off about a 50 yard section of the field where the plane went down. In the middle of the area was the demolished aircraft, which burst into flames during the crash. Debris from the plane was scattered across the sectioned off area in all directions. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Agency will look into what caused the crash. A Department of Public Safety trooper said the type of aircraft it was may have increased the risk of a crash. "Whenever someone makes an aircraft - maybe it's called a kit plane - they put it together themselves and then it's labeled experimental," trooper Lonny Haschel said. "That may have been what we are dealing with."
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wschertz(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:52 am Post subject: Sad Report: Another TR-4 Down |
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I believe John Davis had installed a Subaru engine in his plane. Hadn't heard that he sold it, but must have.
Sad, hate to see these things happen.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase I testing
From: Robert Reed (robertr237(at)att.net)
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:21 PM
To: kis-list(at)matronics.com (kis-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: Sad Report: Another TR-4 Down
Reported on the news tonight in Dallas: An Experimental Aircraft - TR-4 manufactured by John Davis in 2006 Tail number N767GW crashed near Denton Texas. Two passengers on board were taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas for treatment of injuries. No additional information on who was flying or on-board. The plane was totally destroyed by fire with only the tail section appearing to be in tact.
From what I have been able to learn the plane was registered Harold Culp in Carrollton Texas. I didn't even know there was a KIS TR-4 in the area.
I will update as more information becomes available but in the mean time please keep the pilot and passenger in your prayers.
Bob Reed
DENTON (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― A two seat aircraft failed to gain enough altitude and crashed about a mile south of [url=#]Denton[/url] Municipal Airport around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. A husband and wife were on board and transported by a CareFlite helicopter to Parkland Hospital with severe burns.John Cabrales, City of Denton spokesman, called the plane an "experimental two-seat aircraft" and confirmed that it took flight at about 7:12 p.m. from that [url=#]airport[/url].The plane was cleared for take-off by the airport's control tower, but could not gain altitude fast enough. It lost [url=#]power[/url] in the wind and plummeted to the ground. At about 8:30 p.m., officers had sectioned off about a 50 yard section of the field where the plane went down. In the middle of the area was the demolished aircraft, which burst into flames during the crash. Debris from the plane was scattered across the sectioned off area in all directions. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Agency will look into what caused the crash. A Department of Public Safety trooper said the type of aircraft it was may have increased the risk of a crash. "Whenever someone makes an aircraft - maybe it's called a kit plane - they put it together themselves and then it's labeled experimental," trooper Lonny Haschel said. "That may have been what we are dealing with."
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