Wed, Jan 20, 2010
Four, Including The Inventor Of The Dropped Celing, Are
Killed
Two pilots and two passengers were killed Monday afternoon
when a Mitsubishi MU-2B went down on approach to Lorain County
Airport in Ohio. Among those killed was 89-year-old Donald Brown of
Vermillion, Ohio. In 1961, Brown received a patent for the
dropped ceiling that is nearly ubiquitous in schools and
businesses. His wife Shirley and the two pilots on board were also
lost.
According to Flight Aware, the aircraft, registered to Mitts
Corp. in Gainesville, Florida, had departed Gainesville at 1110
Monday. The Browns had been visiting their son in Florida, and the
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that they spent a good deal of time
in the state. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the aircraft was
approaching Lorain County Airport (KLPR) just after 1400 when the
accident occurred. The paper reported that the same aircraft had
operated in and out of KLPR multiple times in the past three
months.
Witnesses said there were no apparent mechanical problems with
the plane, but that it came out of the clouds banking about 90
degrees and impacted the ground. One person was thrown clear of the
wreckage.
Along with the Browns, pilots John Mengelson, 46, of Florahome,
FL, and Wesley Roemer, 30, of Gainesville, FL, were also killed.
Both were employed by Kenn-Air, the parent company of Mitts Corp.
Kenn-Air is owned by the Brown's son Kenneth Brown. The company
operates out of Gainesville Regional Airport in central
Florida.
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