Possible Plane Crash I-10/Desert Center

[BajaMike]

Any one see this.....seems like about 9 pm tonight.


https://kesq.com/news/2019/11/25/rso-investigating-possible-plane-crash-near-desert-center-and-i-10/

 

[monkeyswrench]

I'm going with "UFO"...it's the desert. If the men in black a cruising their blacked out suv's...

Sadly, could very well be a small plane down. It sounds like the winds are pretty bad out there. Seems like they could request birds from 29 Palms or even Az bases. Those boys have high tech eyes and talent. Hope for the best...

 

[Kachina26]

Someone went down. Sad.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/new...ash-near-desert-center-california/4306378002/

 

[BajaMike]

So sad!

 

[Classic Daycruiser]

By 5:30pm, it's dark. ;(

 

[Uncle Dave]

Bummer.

Beechcraft Bonanza - the doctor killer.

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[phuggit]

The pilot was attempting to make it to Hemet-Ryan. He lived in Canyon Lake. Sad this close to the holidays.

 

[Universal Elements]

Really sucks right before the holidays. I had a very good friend go down almost 10 years ago at Lytle Creek. Weather is no joke.

http://www.dailynews.com/general-ne...ane-that-crashed-registered-to-el-segundo-man

Page 25-29
http://airsafety.info/wp-content/uploads/gas120801.pdf

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

The pilot was attempting to make it to Hemet-Ryan. He lived in Canyon Lake. Sad this close to the holidays.

Thats what i had been told, guess he was coming from gila bend and hemet had wind issues

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[monkeyswrench]

Sad deal. I don't know anything about planes, are these susceptible to wind more than others? With the above "Doctor Killer" statement, are they a particularly common or "sporty" kind of plane?

 

[Universal Elements]

Sad deal. I don't know anything about planes, are these susceptible to wind more than others? With the above "Doctor Killer" statement, are they a particularly common or "sporty" kind of plane?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1930996

 

[4Waters]

Sad deal. I don't know anything about planes, are these susceptible to wind more than others? With the above "Doctor Killer" statement, are they a particularly common or "sporty" kind of plane?

Yes very sporty and fast

 

[monkeyswrench]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1930996

Wow, all of the above.
Looks like the plane Richie Valens died in...at least from the movie.

 

[phuggit]

That model of plane had some kind of issue with the tail coming apart when put into to steep of a dive. It was expensive in its day and Doctors and Lawyers could afford them. Hence the term Doctor killer.