Four Die On The Way To NBAA

Four men are dead after their plane apparently broke up in-flight over eastern Oklahoma.

The Associated Press reports the plane’s owner, Jon Olsen, was in the co-pilot's seat, and his father-in-law Charles Howard was on the pilot's side. Olsen was a CFI.

Two others were riding along on the flight from Oklahoma City. The men were on their way to Orlando Florida to attend the NBAA convention.

The wreckage of the Aero Commander 690 (file photo of type) was strewn over a wide area of rugged terrain near Antlers Oklahoma. Authorities used four-wheel-drive vehicles and horses to search the area by ground after the plane was reported missing last Sunday afternoon.

Controllers say the aircraft climbed to 23,000 feet out of Wiley Post airport into an area of heavy rain before disappearing from radar.

The widely-scattered wreckage hampered efforts to locate the victims bodies. Searchers found the final victim's on Thursday.

The NTSB is investigating.

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**   Report created 10/19/2006   Record 1                                     **
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IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 55JS        Make/Model: AC90      Description: 690 TURBO COMMANDER 690
  Date: 10/15/2006     Time: 1802

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
  City: ANTLERS   State: OK   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, SUBJECT OF AN ALERT NOTICE
  10/15/06, THE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, WRECKAGE LOCATED
  2 MILES WEST OF ANTLERS, OK

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   3     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Business      Phase: Unknown      Operation: OTHER

  Departed: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK           Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: ORLANDO, FL              Flt Plan: IFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  (SW15)             Entry date: 10/17/2006

FMI: www.ntsb.gov