Wed, Oct 26, 2005
Pilot Was On Maiden Flight In His New Airplane
An NTSB investigator
looking into the fatal downing of a Cessna twin this weekend
said it is not yet known if a three to four inch hole found in the
crankcase of the airplane's left engine may have been a factor in
the downing -- or if the hole may have been caused by the accident
itself.
The family of 50-year-old William Holdgate said he had
been flying his new Cessna 411 (file photo of type, below) home
from Georgia for the first time when it went down in the middle of
an East Hampton, Long Island neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
Holdgate, who reportedly owned a Nantucket construction
business, had purchased the piston twin several months ago, said
family members to the Associated Press. He had been a pilot for ten
years.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 7345U
Make/Model: C411 Description:
Date: 10/23/2005 Time: 1800
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
Fatal Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: EAST HAMPTON State: NY
Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA UNDER
UNKNOWN
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED,
EAST HAMPTON, NY
INJURY DATA Total
Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat:
1 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: KHTO 231758Z 31010KT 10SM OVC015 10/05 A2973
OTHER DATA
Departed:
Dep Date: Dep.
Time:
Destination: EAST HAMPTON,
NY Flt
Plan:
Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:
FAA FSDO: FARMINGDALE, NY
(EA11)
Entry date: 10/24/2005
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