By: MFowler - 25th January 2019 at 16:07
What’s also said is because of the current government shutdown, the NTSB isn’t even going to look at this for who knows how long,
By: warbirdnerd - 25th January 2019 at 13:24
Brian Stoltzfus was Ken’s nephew. Sad all around…
By: longshot - 24th January 2019 at 22:29
I suspect Brian Stoltzfus was related to Ken Stoltzfus who built this site http://www.flyinghigher.net/index.html
By: QldSpitty - 23rd January 2019 at 11:32
Brian Stoltzfus was involved in the restoration of the ex Soplata TBM and Columbine II Connie I believe..RIP
By: viscount - 23rd January 2019 at 09:42
Two clear photos of N467KS as a BT-67 with ‘Samaritan’s Purse’ titles at Liverpool Airport, UK on 30th October 2016 and night stopped, while being ferried Malta to Reykjavik. These are posted on an aviation forum:
By: me109g4 - 22nd January 2019 at 23:40
Sad to say its the best the US media can do nowadays. That said, a sad outcome, may they both RIP.
By: J Boyle - 22nd January 2019 at 16:12
Some incorrect media reporting…
if it was a Basler conversion, it’s age is immaterial since it is rebuilt to zero time standards. I recently read that in those aircraft, the vast majority of the airframe is new.
In any case, the engines – PT-6s – which the media seem to blame, are certainly not antiques.
More hysterical reporting which makes it sound like if you fly in any thing over 20 years old you’re taking your life in your hands.
By: Propstrike - 22nd January 2019 at 10:39
Two men aboard a 76-year-old plane were killed when it crashed Monday morning shortly after take-off, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Initial reports show the plane had engine issues, which may have caused the crash in Wayne County, about 60 miles south of Cleveland, the highway patrol said.
Brian Stoltzfus, 55, of Apple Creek, Ohio, was flying the Douglas DC-3 plane, and Curtis Wilkerson, 56, also from Apple Creek, was the co-pilot, the highway patrol said.
“It was a great airplane, and there are thousands still flying in remote parts of the world, but it is an antique,” Ganyard said.
A spokeswoman for the FAA initially said six people were aboard the plane and that four other passengers were injured, but the agency has since deferred to the Ohio’s highway patrol, which reported the two deaths.
The FAA and NTSB each said no investigators immediately would inspect the crash site because of the record-long government shutdown. The NTSB added that it would look into the incident once the government reopens.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-hurt-plane-crash-ohio-faa/story?id=60523518
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