Husband, Stepson Lost In North Texas

Sunday morning, Jennifer Noel thought she had it all -- a new husband who married her in a beautiful chapel, a wedding reception in a hangar and a stepson she loved very much.

Sunday evening, her joy turned to ashes as her husband of just six weeks, Billy, and his 15-year old son, Alex, were killed flying home from Oshkosh. The Denton Record reports Billy and Alex were less than ten minutes from landing at Grayson County Airport.

"I can't believe he's gone," Jennifer told the Record Tuesday evening. "He was so alive. He was magic. He made me laugh."

Jennifer and Billy had just bought a home at Ironhead Airfield, near Sanger (TX). Neighbors like Ben Houston were stunned at the accident as well.

"He was exuberant, life-loving, friendly," Huston told the paper. "The kind of guy you liked to sit and talk to about airplanes – or anything."

FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
 Regis#: 7XD    Make/Model: RV4    Description: RV-4
 Date: 08/01/2004   Time: 2125

 Event Type: Accident  Highest Injury: Fatal   Mid Air: N  Missing: N
 Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
 City: COLLINSVILLE        State: TX  Country: US

DESCRIPTION
 ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
 FATALLY INJURED AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, 1/4 MILE SW OF COLLINSVILLE, TX

INJURY DATA   Total Fatal:  2
         # Crew:  1   Fat:  1   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Pass:  1   Fat:  1   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Grnd:     Fat:  0   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 

WEATHER: DTO 012153Z10008KT10SMCLR 34/20A2999                   
                                          
OTHER DATA
 Activity: Pleasure   Phase: Unknown   Operation: General Aviation

 Departed: UNK             Dep Date:  Dep. Time:  
 Destination: UNK           Flt Plan: UNK     Wx Briefing: U
 Last Radio Cont: UNK
 Last Clearance: UNK

 FAA FSDO: DALLAS, TX (SW05)          Entry date: 08/02/2004

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