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Old 04-07-2008, 07:26 PM
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Default RV-10 down in Seale, Alabama

Has anyone heard anything about this?
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Old 04-07-2008, 07:31 PM
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Bad News.

The plane has been found. Two fatalities.

My prayers go out to them and their families.

http://wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8130777
http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_w...ox17.com.shtml

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Old 04-07-2008, 07:36 PM
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http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...umbertxt=210HM
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Old 04-07-2008, 07:37 PM
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It is listed on the Vansairforce registry. Hamilton Cartwright is the owner.
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Old 04-07-2008, 08:23 PM
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At least two killed in small plane crash in east Alabama
April 07, 2008 21:14 EDT


SEALE, Ala. (AP) -- Officials say at least two people were killed in a small plane crash in east Alabama.

The Russell County Sheriff's department told WTVM-TV of Columbus, Ga., that a plane that dropped off radar Monday afternoon was found off Highway 431 near Phenix City, Ala.

The plane is a single engine 2006 RV-10 kit plane registered to RVN 210 HM-10 Inc. in Hermitage, Tenn.

Montgomery's WSFA-TV reported that the plane was flying from Lebanon, Tenn. to Colorado. The Civil Air Patrol was called around 2 p.m. after the plane reportedly tried to divert to Columbus, Ga., and then tried to divert to Auburn-Opelika.

Its last known radar point was near Seale in Russell County when radar and radio contact dropped off around 12:30 p.m.

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Old 04-07-2008, 09:13 PM
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Yes,

It is true that N210HM went down early today with Hamilton Cartwright and Bob "the Cardinal guy" Lloyd onboard while enroute to Sun-N-Fun. I was at the Lebanon airport when the FAA called. He said that the aircraft had gone off radar while being vectored for an instrument approach into Eufala, AL (KEUF), but then tried to divert to Columbus, GA (KCSG). These men will truly be missed at our airport. Ham(ilton) was at the airport nearly every day working on and/or flying his -10. He was a repeat offender having previously built a slow-build RV-8A. I will not make any assumptions or accusations other than what was provided by the FAA investigator I spoke with. May God be with them for their ultimate flight home.

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Old 04-09-2008, 04:06 PM
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Default RV Down In Alabama

Here is all I know about this....




SEALE, Ala. (WSFA) - Russell County investigators along with the Federal Aviation Administration spent Tuesday sifting through the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Monday afternoon killing both people on board.

Now, the identities of the victims are being released. The pilot was positively indentified as Hamilton Cartwright of Old Hickory, Tennessee and the passenger as Robert Lloyd of Franklin, Tennessee.

The plane was a single engine 2006 RV-10 kit plane. It's a type of plane that can be built from home.

Emergency crews, including at least four ground teams and one aircraft from the Alabama Civil Air Patrol scoured Russell County searching for the plane.

The Civil Air Patrol was called in around 2pm Monday after the plane reportedly attempted to divert to Columbus, Georgia and then made another attemp to divert to Auburn-Opelika. Radio and radar contact stopped around 12:30pm.

Investigators are looking at the plane's final communications with air traffic controllers to try and determine what happened.

The National Transportation Safety Board says an investigation like this can take up to a year to complete.
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Does anyone have any ideas as to why the NTSB is taking so long to post the Preliminary report of the RV-10 accident on their web site? Today marks the 11th day since the accident (Monday, April 7) and they usually post their Preliminary report within 3 or 4 days. I don't remember one taking this long to get the Preliminary report posted...
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Does anyone have any ideas as to why the NTSB is taking so long to post the Preliminary report of the RV-10 accident on their web site? Today marks the 11th day since the accident (Monday, April 7) and they usually post their Preliminary report within 3 or 4 days. I don't remember one taking this long to get the Preliminary report posted...
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No idea what their excuse is. Have seen a few where it took a couple of weeks though.

On a related but different point, two of a handful of near-miss events I've had in my flying career occurred on SNF trips in this area. Both changed my entire flying outlook. One was a low fuel event and the other was getting caught in decending visibility and not being gyro equipped. Something about this area...
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No idea what their excuse is. Have seen a few where it took a couple of weeks though.

On a related but different point, two of a handful of near-miss events I've had in my flying career occurred on SNF trips in this area. Both changed my entire flying outlook. One was a low fuel event and the other was getting caught in decending visibility and not being gyro equipped. Something about this area...
From my perspective of planning/flying S-N-F trips from north Alabama for 15 years, it seems south Alabama is where a lot of fronts go to die that time of year. They come ripping out of the NW, run out of steam and settle in that area. Can't tell you how many times our plans have been altered by low weather between Auburn and the Florida panhandle (and a few times when they should have been altered....).
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