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E6BAV8R · January 9th, 2007, 22:45

Well, I go in to work today and found a note asking for donations and flowers to a family. So, I look up at the title and it turns out it was my very first instructor at my college had been killed in a plane crash while flying pipline patrol.

I heard a quick summary of what had happened:
He was flying pipeline and inadvertantly entered IMC conditions and then had somehow crashed. Not sure if he lost control, hit a tower, or what had happened.

I will be looking out for the NTSB report - it happened in either Oklahoma or Texas.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family - his wife had just had a baby a few months prior.

January 9th, 2007, 22:45	#1
E6BAV8R Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 795	Found out some news... Well, I go in to work today and found a note asking for donations and flowers to a family. So, I look up at the title and it turns out it was my very first instructor at my college had been killed in a plane crash while flying pipline patrol. I heard a quick summary of what had happened: He was flying pipeline and inadvertantly entered IMC conditions and then had somehow crashed. Not sure if he lost control, hit a tower, or what had happened. I will be looking out for the NTSB report - it happened in either Oklahoma or Texas. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family - his wife had just had a baby a few months prior.