Chancellor 414 crash kills 3 at Briscoe Field

[DieselDragRacer]

May they RIP.


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Plane crashes, killing 3 in Gwinnett

By SAEED AHMED
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 12/25/06 10:09 PM





Three people were killed when a plane crashed while trying to land Monday night at Briscoe Field in Gwinnett County, officials said.


The crash happened near the south side of the airport off U.S. 29 near Boulderbrook Circle. The victims, believed to be two women and one man, were ejected when the twin-engine plane crashed, according to Fire Lt. Craig Stanley. It was a Cessna Chancellor 414.


The pilot of the plane had radioed that the plane was having trouble about 8:40 p.m. and that he was attempting to land. A short time later, emergency dispatchers received reports of an explosion near the airport.
The plane struck some heavy equipment belonging to a construction company, but there was no damage to buildings or other injuries reported on the ground.


No information was immediately available about the identities of the victims.
The plane, registered to a company in Pembroke Pines, Fla., had taken off from Palm Beach County Glades Airport and was headed to Briscoe Field, said Laura Brown of the Federal Aviation Administration. “It is my understanding that it was very foggy at the time,” she said.


After the plane was cleared to land, the airport lost radio contact with it, she said.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

Who was the pilot, I know A LOT of 414 contract drivers in the ATL area. Anyne know the N number of the a/c.

 

[Max Q]

The Cessna 414 (N62950) was owned and operated by the Mucha family, former owners of the Airline Training Academy of Miami. The father, mother, and a 16 year old daughter perished in the crash, leaving a son (one that I'm aware of) behind.

I did some work for Mike, the pilot, earlier this year before he turned over management of the flight school. During my time there, he did allow me the opportunity to jump seat in his 414 a few times. Mike was a great guy to work for, down to earth, and just an all around good human being. I can't even imagine what his son must be going through, God bless him.

-Brett

 

[Max Q]

They just showed a picture of Mike on the news. I wasn't ready for that.

The NTSB wanted to see pictures of the rudder pedals. Does anybody understand why they would want to see something like that?

-Brett

 

[Publishers]

It is extremely sad that not only this family but another in a Bonanza were killed this Christmas in what looks like are so typical of these type accidents. Sometimes we are so slow to learn and then you see the pictures of the kids that were involved and it makes you sick.
The pressure of a holiday should not make you do things you normally would not do. Both arrived at night in poor weather and while qualified may not have done alot of actual recently and here you go.