Minnesota Crash
11-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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Minnesota Crash
Anybody hear the circumstances of how Andrew Lindberg crashed in Mahnomen county? I am perplexed because even being a new pilot I don't think the weather was that marginal to where he would get into IMC?
11-23-2009, 05:37 PM
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Here's an article on the crash.
Body of missing pilot recovered from plane wreckage in Minnesota state forest | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota
Judging from the description of the wreckage, it sounds like controlled flight into terrain.
"The weather in the Staples area Friday night was not good flying weather, CAP officials said, with low-hanging clouds and rain reported." According to the article.
Body of missing pilot recovered from plane wreckage in Minnesota state forest | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota
Judging from the description of the wreckage, it sounds like controlled flight into terrain.
"The weather in the Staples area Friday night was not good flying weather, CAP officials said, with low-hanging clouds and rain reported." According to the article.
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