Pilot Dead, Found Nearly A Mile From Primary Aircraft Wreckage

ANN is monitoring the sad reports of the loss of a pilot aboard a PiperSport LSA being ferried from Florida to Illinois. While media reports are the primary source of data right now, police reports indicate that the wreckage went down in widely seperated portions and that the pilot was found out of, and away, from the primary impact site. 

PiperSport -- File Photo

The last reported position for the aircraft indicates that it had climbed to 6500 feet enroute to Illinois and that shortly thereafter, the aircraft went down. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the pilot was a 23-year-old Illinois resident, Scott Tezak and that while his aircraft went down in the woods near Spring Hill, FL, (and not far from Hernando County Airport) his remains landed nearly a mile away, in front of a private home shortly before midnight.

PiperSport -- File Photo

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office also reported that Tezak flew out of the Fort Myers airport about 2100 Friday and was reportedly enroute to Joliet, IL. Tezak was reportedly providing ferry services for a private owner and was otherwise a flight instructor at the Blue Sky Aero Flying Club in Morris, IL.

PiperSport -- File Photo

The aircraft, manufactured by Czech Sport Aircraft, was marketed for the better part of a year by Piper Aircraft under the name "PiperSport" and had been sold September 13, 2010, registered as N420PS, to Stone Tower LLC, of Joliet, IL. ANN will present more info as it becomes available...

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.piper.com