Wreckage Submerged In Napa River
Authorities in
California have found what appears to be the wreckage of a
Mitsubishi MU-2 at the bottom of the Napa River, not far from where
it was headed more than a week ago. The bodies of Ronald and Peggy
Scott, both 62 years old, were found inside the wreckage.
The discovery of the downed aircraft ended a search that began
on Monday, after the Scotts were reported missing by concerned
family members. They had taken off from Imperial County Airport in
Southern California March 11 and weren't heard from since.
Officials said the Scotts didn't file a flight plan for the trip
and weren't using flight following. It was last tracked on radar
that night between the Napa County Airport and San Pablo Bay,
according to a Napa County Sheriff's report.
Using sonar, deputies located the aircraft in about 20 feet of
water. It apparently rested there without anyone's knowledge for
several days.
"He (Ronald Scott) didn't show up for his meeting on Friday, and
nobody did anything or said anything until ... Monday," said
airport administrative assistant Winona Boyer. She said Scott was a
frequent visitor to the Napa County Airport.
"He has been a regular transient at the airport since 1999," the
employee said, adding that Ronald Scott worked with a cancer
research institute in San Diego and made several trips a month to
Napa County for meetings. He had one place he usually parked, and
no one paid much attention," she said.
FAA Preliminary Accident Report
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 966MA
Make/Model: MU2 Description:
MU-2, Marquise, Solitaire (LR-1)
Date: 03/11/2004 Time: 1232
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Fatal Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City:
NAPA
State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, SUBJECT OF AN
ALERT NOTICE 3/12,
WRECKAGE LOCATED, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALY
INJURED, ACFT WAS
DESTROYED, SOUTH OF NAPA, CA
INJURY DATA Total
Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat:
1 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk: Y
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER:
UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase:
Unknown Operation: General
Aviation
Departed: IMPERAL,
CA
Dep Date: 03/11/2004 Dep.
Time:
Destination: NAPA,
CA
Flt Plan: UNK
Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: SACRAMENTO, CA
(WP25)
Entry date: 03/17/2004 #