Central Air Plane Down: Confirm?

[Way2Broke]

AC-50 Down at Grand Rapids. Short of the runway on the localizer. 1 Fatal Wx: snow
Can anyone Confirm this?

 

[FN FAL]

AC-50 Down at Grand Rapids. Short of the runway on the localizer. 1 Fatal Wx: snow
Can anyone Confirm this?

You can't find the news story because it didn't happen at Grand Rapids...

At least one person dead in Otsego County plane crash

11/17/2005, 12:15 a.m. ET
The Associated Press
HAYES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — At least one person died when a small plane crashed and burst into flames near a small airport in Otsego County west of Gaylord.
A Hayes Township couple saw the two-engine plane hit the ground and explode in their backyard about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Cadillac television station WWTV-WWUP reported.
Investigators said at least one person died, but they declined to release further details.

 

[Way2Broke]

Thanks for the information. I phrased the post as a question because the details I got were very sketchy. Our prayers will be with the family of the pilot.

 

[cforst513]

what's an AC-50?

 

[Way2Broke]

Twin Commander, Recip.

www.centralairsouthwest.com <---Company web page

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=38946 <--CASW Thread under cargo

 

[FN FAL]

what's an AC-50?

Nothing like flying a plane named after an Advisory Circular. Kind of like the SR-22, not a well thought out name.

 

[Huggyu2]

What's the issue with "SR-22"?

 

[FN FAL]

What's the issue with "SR-22"?

Get a DWI or any other revocation of your driver's license and you'll have the answer to your question.

 

[NoPax]

what's an AC-50?

The best light twin engined airplane I've ever flown.

Nothing like flying a plane named after an Advisory Circular. Kind of like the SR-22, not a well thought out name.

Yeah, thats a good point. For a while Gulfstream owned the Type Certificate and produced AC-50s and called them GA-50.

Still trying to convince people at Net Jets Intl., that I have 1300 hours of Gulfstream 500 time, but they won't return my calls...

 

[cforst513]

hey no pax, my brother in law's parents have a black and a chocolate lab too!