Injured Pilot Says He Never Saw Other Plane
Two Cessnas collided over a rural
part of Washington, south of Olympia Sunday night, killing one
pilot and injuring the other.
It happened at about 800 feet AGL, according to the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. Just after 8:30 pm PDT, the two aircraft
collided about 10 miles south of Tenino (WA).
The FAA says the Cessna T-210 and Cessna 170 were headed north
when they ran into each other. Neither pilot has yet been
identified.
Witnesses say the Cessna 170 tried to land in a nearby field,
but snagged some power lines and became entangled. Electricity was
knocked out for several hours in an area near the crash site.
"He said he was just flying in a straight line and just out of
nowhere, boom," said Mike Peterson, who lives next to one of the
crash sites.
Eric Peterson, who lives nearby, saw the wreckage of the T-210
fall from the sky. "I saw that one coming out of the sky with its
wings broken," he said. "I didn't even see him (the other plane)
until he started yelling for help."
FAA Preliminary Accident Reports
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 3329S
Make/Model: C210 Description: 210,
T210, (Turbo)Centurion
Date: 05/17/2004 Time: 0330
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Fatal Mid Air: Y Missing:
N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City:
TENINO
State: WA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT N3329S, A C210, COLLIDED IN MIDAIR WITH ANOTHER ACFT,
N3510D, C170B,
UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD N3329S WAS
FATALLY INJURED
AND THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD N3510D SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES,
TENINO, WA
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: NOT
REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Unknown Operation: General
Aviation
Departed: CAMAS,
WA
Dep Date: Dep.
Time:
Destination: RENTON,
WA
Flt Plan: VFR
Wx Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: SEATTLE, WA
(NM01)
Entry date: 05/17/2004
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 3510D
Make/Model: C170 Description:
Date: 05/17/2004 Time: 0330
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Minor Mid Air: Y
Missing:
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City:
TENINO
State: WA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT N3329S, A C210, COLLIDED IN MIDAIR WITH ANOTHER ACFT,
N3510D, C170B,
UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD N3329S WAS
FATALLY INJURED
AND THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD N3510D SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES,
TENINO, WA
INJURY DATA Total
Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT
REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Unknown Operation: General
Aviation
Destination:
UNK
Flt Plan: VFR
Wx Briefing: N
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: SEATTLE, WA
(NM01)
Entry date: 05/17/2004
NTSB Prelim: Lancair NLA-275-FR-C
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