allardjd 1,853 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Crash with Fatality at Ocala One fatality, one survivor. It's a Cessna piston twin. Not sure of the exact model yet. From the description and photos he was quite a long way from the runway threshold - well over a quarter mile, I think. WX should not have been a factor. John http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2012/january/375134/Plane-crashes-near-Ocala-International-Airport?cmpid=breaking Link to post Share on other sites
aeromax 10 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Uups, damn - seems like a C200/350 KingAir ? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 The FAA on-line registry look-up says it's a Cessna 340, so piston engines. That would tally with the "340" in the registration number too. John Link to post Share on other sites
aeromax 10 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Yeep ! Nice Aircraft. Thanks, John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 This is sad, I found the flight tracking log for this Cessna 340 http://flightaware.c...N/KOCF/tracklog Check out the GE kml file Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 http://www.ocala.com/article/20120127/ARTICLES/120129693/1005/sports01?Title=New-CEO-of-Ocala-Health-System-killed-in-plane-crash More info... It sounds as if whatever happened, happened in the base to final turn or soon after. The buildings mentioned are along the north edge of 38th St. which runs E/W. The approach is to Runway 36 and he went down in a field on the south edge of 38th street, before reaching the street or the buildings on the north (airport) side of it.. The buildings are all rather small and have low profiles - just small businesses of one sort or another and are still quite a distance from the runway threshold. The approach lights are strung out in the distace between the buildings and the runway over quite a distance, perhaps a quarter mile or so. There is a tower in operation so they will have some insight into it. There is no radar at the field, so radar tapes will not be available. John Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Sad to hear John - so close to you as well Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 997 Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Real sad news Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 low and slow, a recipe for disaster sadly Link to post Share on other sites
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