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Posted on Wed, Aug. 27, 2003
Commuter pilot killed in crash lived in Euless
By Bryon Okada
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
EULESS _ Flying was commuter pilot Steven Thomas Dean's dream career.
"He loved to fly _ that's what he did. He loved to fly and play his guitar," brother Bob Dean said, gesturing to the Fender Stratocaster next to the front door of the south Euless apartment he shared with his brother.
Steven Dean, 38, had a wife, Yisel, and an 8-year-old daughter, Brittany. He was scraping out a flying career, trying to make ends meet. For relaxation, he played riffs from the songbook of speed metal virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen.
Dean died Tuesday afternoon co-piloting a Colgan Air commuter plane that plunged into Lewis Bay near Cape Cod shortly after take-off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Mass. Dean's body and that of pilot Scott Knabe, 39, of Ohio, were recovered Tuesday night and taken to the Boston medical examiner's office, Colgan spokeswoman Mary Finnigan said.
"We're devastated by the loss of Steven and Scott, and our hearts are broken," Finnigan said. "We'll try to take care of the family."
There were no passengers on the plane.
The family was still in Euless Wednesday afternoon. Plans were being made to go to New York, where Dean grew up, and where he will be buried. Friends and colleagues plan to set up a trust fund through Colgan Air, Bob Dean said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
They were flying the Beechcraft 1900D to Albany, N.Y.
The model is commonly used by regional airlines, and can seat 19 passengers. It is the same model involved in a January crash in Charlotte, N.C., in which 21 people died.
Most of the wreckage remained scattered and submerged in 10 to 20 feet of water in Lewis Bay, but the flight and voice recording devices that are key to determining the cause of the accident were recovered Wednesday morning. They were sent to Washington, D.C., for examination, NTSB spokesman Paul Schlamm said.
Dean, who had been with Colgan since 2002, had 2,500 hours of flying time, including 682 in the Beechcraft 1900. Knabe had 2,886 hours of flying time, including 1,358 in the Beechcraft. Both were both based in Hyannis.
The pilots and the plane involved had clean safety records, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.
Commuter pilot killed in crash lived in Euless
By Bryon Okada
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
EULESS _ Flying was commuter pilot Steven Thomas Dean's dream career.
"He loved to fly _ that's what he did. He loved to fly and play his guitar," brother Bob Dean said, gesturing to the Fender Stratocaster next to the front door of the south Euless apartment he shared with his brother.
Steven Dean, 38, had a wife, Yisel, and an 8-year-old daughter, Brittany. He was scraping out a flying career, trying to make ends meet. For relaxation, he played riffs from the songbook of speed metal virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen.
Dean died Tuesday afternoon co-piloting a Colgan Air commuter plane that plunged into Lewis Bay near Cape Cod shortly after take-off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Mass. Dean's body and that of pilot Scott Knabe, 39, of Ohio, were recovered Tuesday night and taken to the Boston medical examiner's office, Colgan spokeswoman Mary Finnigan said.
"We're devastated by the loss of Steven and Scott, and our hearts are broken," Finnigan said. "We'll try to take care of the family."
There were no passengers on the plane.
The family was still in Euless Wednesday afternoon. Plans were being made to go to New York, where Dean grew up, and where he will be buried. Friends and colleagues plan to set up a trust fund through Colgan Air, Bob Dean said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
They were flying the Beechcraft 1900D to Albany, N.Y.
The model is commonly used by regional airlines, and can seat 19 passengers. It is the same model involved in a January crash in Charlotte, N.C., in which 21 people died.
Most of the wreckage remained scattered and submerged in 10 to 20 feet of water in Lewis Bay, but the flight and voice recording devices that are key to determining the cause of the accident were recovered Wednesday morning. They were sent to Washington, D.C., for examination, NTSB spokesman Paul Schlamm said.
Dean, who had been with Colgan since 2002, had 2,500 hours of flying time, including 682 in the Beechcraft 1900. Knabe had 2,886 hours of flying time, including 1,358 in the Beechcraft. Both were both based in Hyannis.
The pilots and the plane involved had clean safety records, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.
