Thu, Aug 23, 2007
Aircraft Lost During SAR Operation
The Civil Air Patrol has identified
the victims lost in Monday's downing of a CAP Cessna 182
participating in a search-and-rescue operation in the Bighorn
National Forest, about 30 miles west of Sheridan, WY.
Lost in the accident were pilot Lt. Col. James H. Henderson, 59,
of Cowley, WY and a member of the Wyoming Wing Headquarters; crew
member Sr. Mbr. James R. Meyer, 53, of Sheridan, WY, a member of
the wing’s Cloud Peak Composite Squadron; and crew member
Capt. Patricia A. Larson, 52, of Sheridan, WY, also a member of
wing headquarters.
As ANN reported, the three
CAP members were involved in a search generated by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL, for a
missing 16-year-old fisherman. The crew departed the Sheridan
Airport at about 1330 MDT for a two-hour mission. When they failed
to return on time the Wyoming Wing incident commander notified
AFRCC officials, and an overdue aircraft search was immediately
initiated.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency's satellite-aided
tracking system detected no signals indicating a downed plane, and
no aircrews reported hearing a beacon, however at 1928 MDT a US
Forest Service helicopter responding to reports of a wildfire
located the crash site near where the CAP aircrew had been
conducting its search mission.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the
cause of the crash. The teenager who the crew was searching for was
located shortly after the accident.
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