Crashed Plane Found in Land O' Lakes
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has located a small plane that crashed last night off Ehren Cutoff Road.
Plane Crash
Monday, February 25, 2013
UPDATE: Pilot Killed in Plane Crash at Cypress Creek Preserve Identified
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has located a small plane that crashed last night off Ehren Cutoff Road.
Update 9:20 p.m.: The Pasco Sheriff's Office has positively identified the pilot who died in the plane crash as 59-year-old Harold Cameron MacManus of Tennessee. MacManus was the brother of Dr. Susan MacManus, a WFLA News Channel 8 political analyst and University of South Florida professor, according to wfla.com. Earlier: Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed last night, Feb. 24, off Ehren Cutoff Road in the Cypress Creek Preserve wellfield area. The crash scene is about two miles into the preserve. The sheriff’s office was told earlier today the plane possibly few out of Tampa Executive Airport and went down sometime in the night. A relative of the pilot contacted authorities after they hadn't …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pilot Identified in Saturday’s Cessna Crash
The plane went down around 3 a.m. Sept. 22, killing an Edelweiss Air pilot.
Andreas Wendel, 48, of Basserdorf, Switzerland, has been identified as the pilot in yesterday’s fatal plane crash in Land O’ Lakes. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Wendel was a pilot for Edelweiss Air and has no relatives in the United States. His next of kin has been notified about the crash. Wendel was flying a 2004 Cessna 172S that went down around 3 a.m. in the area of Lake Irene Drive and Bexley Road. The crash remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. “We didn’t hear anything,” said Alisa Weaver, who lives on Lake Irene near Bexley Road. The crash was the second in a week in the Land O’ Lakes area. An Ultralight flew into power lines near Pilot Country Estates last weekend, killing the pilot…
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Update: Pilot Identified, S.R. 52 Open Following Fatal Plane Crash
The road was closed for several hours following a plane crash at Pilot Country Estates. The pilot has been identified as William George Athey.
Update 2:30 p.m. Sept. 16: The pilot has been identified as William George Athey, 53, of Odessa, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Update 1:37 p.m. Sept. 16: State Road 52 is now open, according to Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Doug Tobin. No other details about the crash are available at this time. Earlier: As motorists pulled into the Citgo station on State Road 52 and U.S. 41 to inquire why they couldn’t proceed eastbound on 52, Pasco County Sheriff’s spokesman Doug Tobin stood ready to answer their questions. He explained that an Ultralight plane had crashed into power lines at Pilot Country Estates in the Land O’ Lakes area. The pilot, he told motorists who asked, didn’t make it. Emergency crews were still …
UPDATE: One Dead In Plane Crash That Has S.R. 52 Traffic Diverted
A plane from Pilot Country Estates crashed into power lines early this morning.
One person has been killed after an ultralight plane crashed into power lines near U.S. 41 and State Road 52, accoring to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Officials are still working to free the body from the aircraft. The sheriff's office also warns that they are power outages in the area. Traffic is still being diverted off of S.R. 52. Receive updates to this story and other breaking news in your inbox or smartphone by signing up for our newsletter here Earlier: The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is diverting traffic away from Pilot Country Estates on State Road 52 this morning as emergency crews work to free an ultralight plane from power lines. According to Doug Tobin, the sheriff’s office spokesman, the pilot of the plane is …
Robert Scovill
8:46 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Why did the NTSB walk away from their own Safety Recommendation, A-83-6, after closing it with the status, CLOSED UNACCEPTABLE ACTION? Why did FAA Safety Recommendations 99.283 & 99.284 about undetectable water in Cessna integral fuel tanks vanish into thin air? What prompted FAA SAIB CE-10-40R1 issued July 30, 2010 and SAIB CE-12-06 issued November 2, 2011 both warning pilots about the hazards … more ›