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Steve Glasgow
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 Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: This has got to be a record! |
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November Bellanca Crash Had Unlicensed Pilot At Controls
Plane's Last FAA Inspection Was Over Two Decades Ago
The NTSB says a man who crash landed his Bellanca BL-17-30 Super Viking
(file photo below) in Lantana, FL last month wasn't licensed -- and the
plane was 22 years out of inspection.
Allan Schultz, 71, suffered only a broken nose and other slight injuries
when his plane's engine failed on approach to Palm Beach County Park Airport
on November 13. The plane went down in a residential neighborhood taking out
power lines, hitting the roof of a house and damaging a parked car.
The aircraft was substantially damaged.
A report on the NTSB's website says the Schultz -- not an Airframe and
Powerplant mechanic -- performed all the maintenance on the aircraft. The
plane's last inspection according to its logs was in January of 1984.
A post-crash inspection revealed no anomalies with the airplane's fuel,
electrical and induction systems. The only fuel the inspector found in the
aircraft or around the crash site was about six to eight ounces of auto fuel
in the plane's right tank. The aircraft had no STC for the use of auto fuel.
The NTSB report says Schultz's license was suspended in November of 1996 for
unspecified reasons. There was no information on his pilot experience. The
report also says his latest medical exam was in June of 1996, but not
whether he was medically cleared to fly.
According to local reports, it doesn't appear local law enforcement will
pursue criminal charges against Schultz. Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera
told the Palm Beach Post, "We handle it on a rescue level. Once they
(federal investigators) come on scene, they take jurisdiction."
It's unclear at this point what action, if any, the FAA will take.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen told the Post, "There is no criminal
investigation whatsoever. We do not enforce criminal (violations). We do
violations of air safety regulations: letters of warning up to fines to
suspensions of a pilot certificate."
Unbeleviabe! Cappy
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: This has got to be a record! |
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The only thing that might have made this worse is if someone without flying
experience was at the controls and someone on the ground was injured.
This guy was an idiot.
Tad
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sportav8r(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: This has got to be a record! |
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So, not to worry if you lose the ol' medical or drop your insurance;
just keep flyin' and hope nobody notices 
Might work for me when I hit 90 years old.
-Stormy
On 12/15/06, Steve Glasgow <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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November Bellanca Crash Had Unlicensed Pilot At Controls
Plane's Last FAA Inspection Was Over Two Decades Ago
The NTSB says a man who crash landed his Bellanca BL-17-30 Super Viking
(file photo below) in Lantana, FL last month wasn't licensed -- and the
plane was 22 years out of inspection.
Allan Schultz, 71, suffered only a broken nose and other slight injuries
when his plane's engine failed on approach to Palm Beach County Park Airport
on November 13. The plane went down in a residential neighborhood taking out
power lines, hitting the roof of a house and damaging a parked car.
The aircraft was substantially damaged.
A report on the NTSB's website says the Schultz -- not an Airframe and
Powerplant mechanic -- performed all the maintenance on the aircraft. The
plane's last inspection according to its logs was in January of 1984.
A post-crash inspection revealed no anomalies with the airplane's fuel,
electrical and induction systems. The only fuel the inspector found in the
aircraft or around the crash site was about six to eight ounces of auto fuel
in the plane's right tank. The aircraft had no STC for the use of auto fuel.
The NTSB report says Schultz's license was suspended in November of 1996 for
unspecified reasons. There was no information on his pilot experience. The
report also says his latest medical exam was in June of 1996, but not
whether he was medically cleared to fly.
According to local reports, it doesn't appear local law enforcement will
pursue criminal charges against Schultz. Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera
told the Palm Beach Post, "We handle it on a rescue level. Once they
(federal investigators) come on scene, they take jurisdiction."
It's unclear at this point what action, if any, the FAA will take.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen told the Post, "There is no criminal
investigation whatsoever. We do not enforce criminal (violations). We do
violations of air safety regulations: letters of warning up to fines to
suspensions of a pilot certificate."
Unbeleviabe! Cappy
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