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Wed, Jan 29, 2003

Missing Teen Pilot's Body Recovered on Moloka'i

Found on Rugged Green Peak

The wreckage of the C-172 that teenager Chezray Hayes was flying was spotted just after 7AM Monday, about 1500 feet up, surrounded by the lush green. He had been missing since Saturday, when he had left, solo, on a trip from Honolulu to Maui.

The young man was an enthusiastic flier, and had already logged some 30 hours' volunteer time, flying for the CAP. Recovery, from the forbidding Manuahi Ridge, on Moloka'i's northeast shore, had to be made on foot; the terrain and turbulent air made a helicopter recovery unsafe.

**   Report created 1/28/03   Record 2  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 911FC        Make/Model: C172      Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk
  Date: 01/25/2003     Time: 1420
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: MOLOKAI   State: HI   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ACFT CRASHED INTO A RIDGE UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, ACFT WAS A SUBJECT OF AN ALNOT ON 1/25, LOCATED 1/27, 11 MILES E NE OF VOR AT MOLOKAI, HI
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   1
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: METAR PHMK 252154Z 04009KT 10SM FEW008 SCT024 BKN055 23/21 A3000
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Training      Phase: Unknown      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: HONOLULU, HI                Dep Date:    Dep. Time: 1330
  Destination: KAHULUI, HI              Flt Plan: VFR          Wx Briefing: Y
  Last Radio Cont: 2205Z 42Z MKK HNL AFSS IF
  Last Clearance: REPORT 43Z NEXT.
  FAA FSDO: HONOLULU, HI  (WP13)                  Entry date: 01/28/2003


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