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Preliminary Reports Conquest Down in Tennessee Cessna 441, February 7, 2021, Winchester, Tennessee – A Cessna Conquest II crashed on approach to the Winchester, Tennessee, Municipal Airport, killing the airline transport pilot and commercial pilot on board. The IFR flight from the Thomasville, Georgia, Regional Airport checked in with Bowling Green Approach Control while descending to 4,000 feet msl and was cleared for the RNAV approach to Winchester’s Runway 36. Radar contact was lost as it descended through 2,300 feet, typical for coverage in that area. The controller’s attempt to contact the pilot three minutes later was unsuccessful, and after several hours the wreckage was found along a 500-foot debris path about six miles south of the airport. Both wings and most of the fuselage were consumed by a post-crash fire. ....
Helicopter Pilot, Entrepreneur, Maria Rodriguez Dies On St. Thomas: OBITUARY NOTICE vifreepress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vifreepress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Virgin Islands pilot, celebrated for hurricane rescue flying, dies in helicopter crash By Dan Parsons | February 19, 2021 Estimated reading time 7 minutes, 19 seconds. A helicopter carrying four people over the U.S. Virgin Islands crashed on Feb. 15, killing all on board including a well-known local pilot celebrated for flying humanitarian missions in the wake of two devastating 2017 hurricanes. The silver-and-yellow Bell 206 was registered to St. Thomas-based sightseeing and charter outfit Caribbean Buzz Helicopters and piloted by owner Maria Rodriguez, who had two-and-a-half decades of flying experience and was well versed in the rugged Virgin Islands terrain. Three members of a family who likewise called St. Thomas home were also killed in the crash, according to multiple sources. Why the helicopter crashed in deep vegetation atop one of the island’s steep volcanic mountains is unknown. ....