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Old 11-18-2014 | 05:35 AM
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Aerocommander 500 had engine trouble upon take off from Midway overnight and crashes into house, sadly pilot died, luckily elderly couple in house had no injuries.

RIP and condolences to Pilot's family and friends

Pilot killed, couple unhurt when plane crashes into home near Midway - Chicago Tribune
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Old 11-18-2014 | 06:17 AM
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Looks to be an Air Central Southwest plane.

Godspeed and tailwinds.
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Old 11-18-2014 | 06:19 AM
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Not another one, Damn... And ironically, the registration, MB = Murray Brown...
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Old 11-18-2014 | 06:34 AM
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Yeah...saw the report on the TODAY Show this morning. My deepest condolences to the pilot's family.

Eternal tailwinds my friend.


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Old 11-18-2014 | 07:26 AM
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I hope this wasn't a case of a line boy putting jet fuel into a piston powered airplane. (a Shrike looks a lot like a Turbo Commander to an inexperienced line boy).

It's strange that he would lose both engines right after takeoff.
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Old 11-18-2014 | 07:49 AM
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They are in there every night, man what a terrible thing if it was misfueled! I have that plane in my logbook, and flew with MB and BQ. As Ernest Gann said: In this game we play for keeps.

RIP fellow freight dog.
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Old 11-18-2014 | 08:22 AM
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Anyone have a name yet? I used to meet up with CTL62 every night at OSU and take their stuff to SDF.
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Old 11-18-2014 | 07:42 PM
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His name was Eric Howlett. Two type ratings. Not sure why he was flying boxes. I left CASW about 2 years ago and had a number of bad sh&$ happen to me with those damn airplanes. Glad to be done, props are for boats. Tailwinds to a fellow freight dog, we've lost too many.

Also, where is the information coming from that he lost two engines? I listened to the atc feed and at the :53 mark he stated "trouble with the left"
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Old 11-18-2014 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SinglePilot135
They are in there every night, man what a terrible thing if it was misfueled! I have that plane in my logbook, and flew with MB and BQ. As Ernest Gann said: In this game we play for keeps.

RIP fellow freight dog.
Wasn't BQ for Brian Quinn who lost his life in the FedEx Van a couple of years ago? I know he flew for us as well.
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Old 11-18-2014 | 07:46 PM
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Dual alternator failure at that place.
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