Two On Board Killed

A vintage Mono Coupe (file photo of type, right) is down and a respected aviator, along with his passenger, are dead.

It happened over the weekend in St. Peters (MO), not far from St. Louis. The two-place 1947 Mono Coupe had taken off from Creve Coeur Airport on a local flight when it went down about six miles north of town.

The victims were identified as pilot Ewell "Bud" Dake, 61, of Ferguson (MO), and passenger Kenny Love, 76, of Crete (IL).

FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
 Regis#: 1161    Make/Model: MC90   Description: 90AL-115 MONOCOUPE
 Date: 06/19/2004   Time:  

 Event Type: Accident  Highest Injury: Fatal   Mid Air: N  Missing: N
 Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
 City: SAINT PETERS        State: MO  Country: US

DESCRIPTION
 ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY
 INJURED AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, SIX MILES NORTH OF ST. PETERS, MO

INJURY DATA   Total Fatal:  2
         # Crew:  1   Fat:  1   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Pass:   1   Fat:  1   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 
         # Grnd:       Fat:  0   Ser:  0   Min:  0   Unk: 

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED             

OTHER DATA
 Activity: Pleasure   Phase: Unknown   Operation: General Aviation

 Departed: CREVE COEUR, MO       Dep Date:  Dep. Time:  
 Destination: CREVE COEUR, MO     Flt Plan: NONE     Wx Briefing: N
 Last Radio Cont: NONE
 Last Clearance: NONE

 FAA FSDO: ST. LOUIS, MO (CE03)         Entry date: 06/21/2004

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