Helo and Airplane Collide in Fireball

[coptercop]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060208-1707-midair3.html

3 people killed.

RIP

 

[81Horse]

Whose helo, do you know?

 

[Lead Sled]

We're based out of Gillespie. It appears as though one of the aircraft involved, a Cessna 172, belonged to Scandanavian Aviation. (We share a hangar with them.) As of the 10 o'clock news, there is some doubt as to whether the other aircraft involved was a helicopter or not. I'm sure there will be more information in the morning.

'Sled

 

[81Horse]

Hadn't seen the photo on that link -- hideous.

 

[mattpilot]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/air.collision/index.html

Monica Zech, a public information officer for El Cajon Fire and Police, said the planes were a 182 Cessna and a 172 SG, an experimental plane made in Scandinavia.
The latter was was initially identified as a helicopter, but its tail number revealed it later to be a fixed-wing, experimental plane, she said. "They look kinda funky."

Anyone ever heard of a 172 SG? Got pics?

 

[FN FAL]

Two Small Planes Collide; 3 Dead in Calif.
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press Writer
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- Two small planes collided and crashed in flames Wednesday afternoon, killing three people and leaving wreckage strewn over a wide area around homes and a park in this east San Diego suburb, authorities said.

Authorities closed the park after the crash and cordoned off the wreckage scene. Some debris started a fire in the attic of a house, but it was unknown if anyone was inside, said Monica Zech, a spokeswoman for the city of El Cajon.

It also wasn't immediately known where the aircraft originated or where they were headed.

Bryce Segaux, an 18-year-old senior at Grossmont High School, was working in the school's auto shop when he saw a small plane sputter, lose altitude and crash into the second aircraft.

"There was a big old fireball," he said.

 

[Say Again Over]

Engine failure and a mid air, any cameras involved?

 

[A Squared]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/air.collision/index.html




Anyone ever heard of a 172 SG? Got pics?

The FAA lists it as a 172 and a 182