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05-27-2018, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Cloverdale CA
Posts: 254
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RV down in Petaluma 5/27/18
https://youtu.be/kPMPrSuD7_4
Two perished. I can't tell the RV model on my cell phone but it should be readable on larger screens.
Witness says engine sputtered on takeoff, plane turned back towards the runway - and "then just fell sideways".
I've seen this plane around but don't know the pilot.
RIP. So sad.
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05-27-2018, 10:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Granite Bay, Ca
Posts: 131
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I knew the pilot and his wife well. Please say a prayer for the family.
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05-28-2018, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
Posts: 2,645
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I just read an update. Pilot and his wife identified. What a sad day. So sorry for the family.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...483826001.html
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05-28-2018, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Glendale, CA
Posts: 253
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Always very sad to hear ! Prayers to the family!
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05-29-2018, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 92
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Condolences to the family. My wife and I knew him well as he owned the home directly across the street from me. He worked hard on it the last year getting it ready to rent again. Very nice and friendly. He also had a hangar a few down from my brother's hangar and KLHM. Sad to hear of this.... hits a little close to home.
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05-29-2018, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sonoma County
Posts: 3,821
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Very sad situation.....
The Petaluma airport was designed with golf courses and open space at each end to allow for emergency's like this.
A local pilot witnessed the motor fail at about 200' agl on takeoff.
The pilot chose to turn right.
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05-30-2018, 06:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Concord, NH
Posts: 215
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Flap aileron ripples
Never saw trailing edges like those in the pictures before, are they custom.
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05-30-2018, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hockessin,Delaware
Posts: 199
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Not what you think you are seeing
The trailing edges look corrugated, but they are not. The wire fence in the foreground is what you actually are looking at, superimposed on the wing.
Merrill
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05-30-2018, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Kansas City, KS
Posts: 3
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One of the kindest couples I have known. I lurk a lot on the forum but Richard was one of my best friends and Sue was like my 2nd mother to me. Spoke with him the night before for about an hour and then got a text before they departed Petaluma. He was always excited and passionate about flying. Never a guy to cut corners with safety always in mind. The aviation community lost two great people  I'll try to share more later but I wanted to leave most of that up to the family when they felt the time was right and have proper time to grieve. I really want to remember them thank them both for treating me like a member of the family from the day they met me.
IMG_5898 by NickandLacy, on Flickr
IMG_5902 by NickandLacy, on Flickr
IMG_5900 by NickandLacy, on Flickr
IMG_5903 by NickandLacy, on Flickr
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05-30-2018, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Granite Bay, Ca
Posts: 131
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Nick, please check your PM?s. Thank you, Bruce Estes
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