The preliminary NTSB investigation (published below) into a
tragic fatal R44 (file pix, below) accident is turning up some
worrisome details. The March 27th, 2007, accident near
Jacksonville, FL, resulted in the deaths of the two pilots aboard,
Flight Instructor and Silver State employee Tamara Williams, 38, of
California, and student Justin Ducan, 24, of Jacksonville, FL.
ANN has learned that Flight Resource, located in Benton, Kansas
(and in association with MT Propeller of Germany), have STC'd the
installation of the MTV-9 three blade composite propeller, and the
MTV-15 two blade composite propeller on a full line of Cessna
models that include the Cessna 180, 182, 185, 206, T206, 207, T207,
210 & T210 aircraft, powered by Continental engines.
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