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C182 Accident in GSO

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Badger

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Anyone else on 118.50 GSO Appch today 1:30ish?

A C182 fatal accident after losing control on a last-ditch ILS. 30 min. fuel declared before he lost it, flying into an airport with 1/2 sm vis 100 OVC. (not to mention the entire state was this bad today).

What a shame. Don't F#$k with alt mins and keep your limitations in mind. I feel bad that he and his passenger(s) died so unnecessarily. A dose of reality for everybody.
 
Did you happen to get the tail number? I know a couple guys around CLT that fly 182's and hope it's not any of them. Thanks
 
GREENSBORO -- Three people died Friday afternoon when their single-engine airplane crashed at the north edge of Lake Brandt.

The pilot, who was trying to land at Piedmont Triad International Airport, radioed air traffic controllers at 1:41 p.m. that the Cessna 182 couldn't maintain altitude during its approach.

Workers in the airport's control tower heard a "loud noise" over the airwaves shortly thereafter that indicated the plane had crashed, said Battalion Chief David Douglas of the Greensboro Fire Department.

Authorities would not reveal the names of the victims Friday night.

The plane took off Friday morning from Bartow Municipal Airport in central Florida and was headed for Winston-Salem before being diverted to PTI, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The aircraft is registered to Duboy and Fisher Inc. of Winter Haven, Fla.

Hampered by fog and rain, about 100 firefighters and police -- on foot, aboard ATVs and in cars -- searched for the downed plane. A transmitter that would have revealed the plane's location was not working.

Based on a tip from a fisherman, searchers found the plane about three hours after it crashed. The plane was nose down in a swampy area just east of the lake, about six miles from the airport, Douglas said.

Local authorities did not disturb the wreckage pending an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Visibility in Greensboro at the time of the crash was about half a mile, according to the National Weather Service. The cloud ceiling was 100 feet.

Douglas speculated the pilot may have become disoriented in the weather and was flying for two hours before the plane crashed. Douglas said there wasn't a fire at the crash site, which indicated the plane may have run out of fuel.

James Dean, 45, and a friend were in a boat on Lake Brandt for a company fishing tournament when they heard the plane make an unusual sound. They never saw the plane.

"It sounded like a truck gearing down," Dean said. "Like a muffler cracking. Then a big explosion. We both looked at each other and said that plane had crashed."
 
deepest respects. but the plane departed from bartow, fl? does anyone else believe that it was the wx? or fuel exhaustion. just my guess would be a pilot used to florida ifr....broken 1000 or more. we don't really get that many low overcast days. if we do get inclimate wx, it doesn't last long. just my opinion. wanted to hear other thoughts.
 

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