Sunday, March 11, 2007

Fatal Accident Near IGQ

I just noticed this story. A twin engine airplane crashed a couple of miles east of Lansing Airport (IGQ).

Owner Steve Leaven said the plane had taken off from the Lansing airport and was returning when it crashed... “I heard the sputtering of the plane,” Kwasman said. “It sounded like it stopped, and I heard nothing. I was shocked.” ...Garcia said: ”[...] it was literally (a) straight nose dive into the ground.”

As a student pilot, I did 98 landings at Lansing, including my first and second solos, my first solo cross country, and my long solo cross country. It is always sad to read of a fatal aviation accident, but very sad to hear of an accident at the airport I consider my second home.

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