Mon, Jul 26, 2004
Beech 58 Narrowly Misses Homes, Causes Evacuations
Three people, including
a Fort Collins (CO) community leader, were killed Saturday when
their Beech 58 went down in a residential neighborhood.
Bill Neal, Scott Nelson and Leo Schuster were killed in the
accident, as their twin-engine aircraft narrowly missed several
homes.
"It fell straight out of the sky. It hit the ground and there
were parts and gas everywhere," said Jim Noren, who lives close to
the crash site.
"We ran to the plane and saw (at least) two men inside. We saw
the gas. ... It was spreading under the van (in front of his
house). Then the flames started." Noren was quoted in the Daily
Coloradoan.
It wasn't immediately clear which of the three victims was
flying the aircraft. The pilot, however, did tell controllers he
was having engine problems just before the accident -- a fact borne
out by witnesses on the ground.
"Something didn't seem quite right when we heard it," Rick
Woodruff, who was eating lunch in his house when he heard the plane
fly overhead. "We ran out of the house and heard it hit."
His wife, Terri, told the Coloradoan, "We were just standing
there in disbelief. Then you realize how lucky we were for it not
to hit the houses."
No one on the ground was injured, although several homes were
evacuated because of the fuel spilled when the aircraft impacted
the ground.
NTSB investigators were on the scene almost immediately. They
removed the wreckage from the crash site. What's left of the Baron
will be taken to Greeley (CO) for analysis.
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