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Pilot Killed In Crash Remembered At Service
The church organist sang "On Eagle's Wings" as Paul Lee Lopez's family filed into St. Joseph Catholic Church today to mourn the Zephyrhills pilot who was killed March 9 when his plane crashed in a nearby orange grove. ...more
March 16, 2009
Report Blames Pilot Error In July Crash That Killed 3
A plane crash that killed three people July 17 at Vandenberg Airport was caused by the pilot's "improper decision to take off with a tailwind and his failure to maintain runway alignment during initial takeoff climb," a recently released report states. ...more
March 10, 2009
2 People Dead In Single-Engine Plane Crash In Dade City
A nationally known aerobatics pilot was one of two people killed Monday in a single-engine plane crash near Enterprise Road and Old Lakeland Highway. ...more
March 10, 2009
Aerobatics Pilot Killed In Dade City Crash
A nationally known aerobatics pilot was one of two people killed Monday in a single-engine plane crash near Enterprise Road and Old Lakeland Highway. ...more
March 10, 2009
Report Released For Fatal Airport Crash
A fellow pilot who was trailing a Remos GX special light sport aircraft said the plane started rolling to the right when it was 25 to 50 feet above ground level. ...more
March 6, 2009
Daughter of Pilot Says Father 'Lives In My Heart' At Memorial
As National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to sift through the evidence of the crash of a commercial airplane near Buffalo, N.Y., families of two local men killed in the crash will address their losses today. ...more
February 20, 2009
Crash Inquiry Focus Shifts To Training
The pilot at the controls of a turboprop plane that pitched like a kite before crashing into a house last week had spent only 110 hours flying that model, and investigators said Tuesday they would look into the quality and quantity of his training. ...more
February 18, 2009
Autopilot An Issue In Plane Crash
As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more
February 16, 2009
Plane That Crashed Near Buffalo Was On Autopilot
As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more
February 15, 2009
15 Of 50 Victims Of Buffalo Crash Recovered
The remains of 15 people have been recovered from the wreckage of Flight 3407, authorities said Sunday as crews raced to finish their work before a snowstorm arrives later in the week. ...more
February 15, 2009
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