Missing Plane in Nevada - Please Help

[davetz]

Hello GA community!
Recently got word from a friend of the family that their cousin's plane, N2333J, a white and blue Super Cub, went down, or is missing in Nevada:

<<They took off from Jackpot NV last Wednesday and have disappeared. They were supposed to have landed in Davis CA late afternoon Wednesday. Search and Rescue originally focussed their efforts around Elko NV. They relocated to Carson City NV today>>

If anyone is flying in this area, please keep your eyes opened for the downed plane/survivors. Family has set up an informational website at the following address:

www.doodlelab.com/planelost.html

Thanks for your help and fly safe.

dave tzeutschler

 

[Metro752]

bump de bump

 

[navigator72]

Goodluck and god bless

 

[A1FlyBoy]

bump.

 

[CDVdriver]

Bump eh bump

 

[WizardPilot]

bump bump bump, from the back of the truck, say what

 

[User546]

bump, bump, bump to that funkaaayy... muuuuusic.......

 

[cforst513]

any updates, davetz?

 

[FN FAL]

any updates, davetz?

Yea! Hopefully, the authorities or volunteers find them underneath a make shift lean-to, grilling lizards on a stick and in good health.

 

[350DRIVER]

Sad to hear this kind of news. . . With as many av8ors who visit this site on a daily and weekly basis it may be beneficial to have the moderators put a sticky on this thread.

 

[flyinlow67]

Do Super Cubs have ELT's? That is some rough area out there. Hope they find them.

 

[PaulThomas]

Do Super Cubs have ELT's? That is some rough area out there. Hope they find them.

I'm not very familiar with plane that don't have an electrical system, but I think it's still required. I think ELT must be there is you want to fly a certain distance from the airport.

 

[HMR]

A SuperCub would be my first choice for an off-airport landing. I've flown over that area a bunch and there are plenty of places to land safely, especially around Elko. Let's hope for the best.

 

[davetz]

To those who posted genuine, helpful, and heartfelt replies: thanks -- your support is helpful. No more news on the aforementioned aircraft, but if I get any, I will post it.

davetz

 

[ChperpltII]

I found this in the Las Vegas Review Journal this morning...


[FONT=verdana,arial]Wreckage of plane found [/FONT]



JARBIDGE -- The wreckage of a small plane missing since a California man and his daughter took off in it from Jackpot on Aug. 31 was found Wednesday on a rugged mountain in the wilderness of northeast Nevada.

The two victims in the wreckage have not been positively identified but are believed to be the pilot, Roy Grossman, 55, and his daughter, Claire, 17, of Napa, Calif., a sheriff's deputy said.

Two deer hunters on horseback contacted authorities on Wednesday after they spotted the wreckage near Divide Peak at an elevation of about 10,000 feet in the Jarbidge Wilderness Area of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.