Another accident this weekend
07-29-2007, 12:35 PM
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Another gentleman, x-swissair pilot, passed away while attempting a record setting flight from Switzerland to Oskosh in a experimental single-engine piston class C1D(Piston aircraft less than 3000 kg, 6614 lbs).
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07-29-2007, 08:15 PM
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Cornell engineering professor killed in private plane crash
From Journal staff reports
A single-engine plane crashed in woods near Bath, killing a Cornell University assistant professor in the Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The pilot, the only person on board, was identified as Sergio Servetto, 39, of Ithaca.
Servetto was a native of Argentina and had been at Cornell since the fall of 2001.
The fixed-wing Cessna went down in the town of Urbana and was recovered by state police Tuesday night, Steuben County authorities said today. The circumstances of the crash, which destroyed the aircraft, were not immediately known.
Authorities plan a press conference for 4 p.m. today at the crash site.
The plane had stopped for refueling at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at the airport in Jamestown, according to Jim Peters, a Federal Aviation Administration official.
When the plane did not report landing in Ithaca within the expected flight time, the FAA sent out an alert to area airports along the flight path. Airports checked to see if the plane had landed at their locations and pilots were also alerted to look for the missing plane along the route.
At 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, the New York State Police alerted the FAA that the plane had been discovered in a wooded area in the Town of Urbana, southeast of Keuka Lake, near county Route 113 and Longwell Road. Police cordoned off the crash scene.
The National Transportation Safety Board has taken over the investigation. The plane was a 1973 Cessna fixed-wing, single-engine craft, according to FAA reports.
not airshow related, but still just as sad.
I don't recall any time in recent history when i've heard of so many crashes within such a short time span.
I can sympathize all too well with their family members they left behind. My thoughts are with them as they endure this trying time.
From Journal staff reports
A single-engine plane crashed in woods near Bath, killing a Cornell University assistant professor in the Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The pilot, the only person on board, was identified as Sergio Servetto, 39, of Ithaca.
Servetto was a native of Argentina and had been at Cornell since the fall of 2001.
The fixed-wing Cessna went down in the town of Urbana and was recovered by state police Tuesday night, Steuben County authorities said today. The circumstances of the crash, which destroyed the aircraft, were not immediately known.
Authorities plan a press conference for 4 p.m. today at the crash site.
The plane had stopped for refueling at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at the airport in Jamestown, according to Jim Peters, a Federal Aviation Administration official.
When the plane did not report landing in Ithaca within the expected flight time, the FAA sent out an alert to area airports along the flight path. Airports checked to see if the plane had landed at their locations and pilots were also alerted to look for the missing plane along the route.
At 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, the New York State Police alerted the FAA that the plane had been discovered in a wooded area in the Town of Urbana, southeast of Keuka Lake, near county Route 113 and Longwell Road. Police cordoned off the crash scene.
The National Transportation Safety Board has taken over the investigation. The plane was a 1973 Cessna fixed-wing, single-engine craft, according to FAA reports.
not airshow related, but still just as sad.
I don't recall any time in recent history when i've heard of so many crashes within such a short time span.
I can sympathize all too well with their family members they left behind. My thoughts are with them as they endure this trying time.
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