Wed, Mar 26, 2008
FAA Will Continue Investigation
Following its third fatal accident
in six months, on Tuesday Lantana, FL-based Kemper Aviation
surrendered its operating certificate to the FAA.
"The certificate was surrendered for cancellation, meaning that
the certificate is now void, and that Kemper can no longer offer
pilot training," the FAA stated late Tuesday, reports The Palm
Beach Post. "The FAA is continuing to review the results of its
February 2008 inspection."
As ANN reported, on Saturday
the NTSB released its Preliminary Report on the latest accident,
which took the lives of pilot and Kemper co-owner Jeff Rozelle, and
Florida Atlantic University researchers Damion Marx, Phil
Heidemann, and Gareth Akerman.
Investigators noted the Cessna 172S was flying low and slow over
several pastures near Indiantown when the airplane fell from an
altitude of about 250 feet AGL. The aircraft may also have been
over its gross weight rating at the time.
That accident was Kemper's fifth since September 2006, and the
third fatal accident since October 2007. The school carried the
worst safety record out of Florida's 66 flight schools over the
past five years, according to NTSB data cited by The Post.
Earlier this month, two South Florida congressmen called for the
FAA to speed up its investigations into safety at Kemper. US
Representatives Ron Klein of Boca Raton and Robert Wexler of Delray
Beach, both Democrats, wanted the FAA to prioritize its review of
the Florida school, in apparent hopes of closing it down.
Kemper officials could not be reached for comment Tuesday
night.
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