EAA493 Mailing List: Sad weekend for EAA and Young Eagles

[donald (donald]

We have lost another pilot and Young Eagle during a Young Eagles Rally near 
Buffalo, New York.  A Cessna 172 and a Searey collided in midair last Saturday. 
 The Searey pilot landed successfully in a wooded area.  The collision occurred 
about two miles southeast from the Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport with at 
least one of the airplanes reportedly entering the pattern.
Midair collisions are very rare, but when they happen it is most likely in the 
traffic pattern of an uncontrolled airport.  Be extra vigilant when approaching 
and departing a fly in such as the upcoming Ranger Fly In.
Don

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  Pilot, boy die as 2 small planes from Young Eagles rally collide in Lancaster*
      
   
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 Local dentist was surviving pilot of plane involved in crash*
     
   
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 Young plane crash victim was rising star in Lancaster*


The first fatalities involved in the Young Eagles program took place in 2005:
NTSB Identification: SEA06FA007

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