Pelee Island plane crash, 20 yrs ago today.

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01-21-2024, 06:15 AM

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I remember it being a single turbine powered plane.

And yes, wings had ice and plane was overloaded.

Report said 1200+ lbs!

Ground crew quizzed pilot who blew it off.

Liike all the island landing strips they end at the shore line.

So WFO straight towards the water then climb!

Report said they had a very shallow climb angle.

Plane was found 1.6 mls from airport.

Witnesses on ground heard it hit the ice.

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Post #2 mentioned a different crash that was a 525 back in 2017 or 18 if I remember right. Pilot was the owner of Superior Beverage a beer distributor and lived maybe 10 minutes from me. From what I remember the weather, pilot inexperience and fatigue shared the blame.

01-21-2024, 08:13 PM

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This is the report from the one Jupiter Sunsation was talking about.

https:/www.scribd.com/document/384507111/Final-NTSB-Report-on-December-2016-Cessna-plane-crash