Pilot Identified In Illinois Midair Collision | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.06.24

Airborne-NextGen-05.07.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.08.24 Airborne-FlightTraining-05.09.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.10.24

Sun, Jun 18, 2006

Pilot Identified In Illinois Midair Collision

Second Pilot Able To Land Safely

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 06.18.06 2020 EDT: The pilot lost in Sunday morning's accident near Illinois Valley Regional Airport has been identified as 55-year-old Christopher Good from Wisconsin.

Peoria's WHOI-19 reports Good's plane was one of four heading to an air show at the field when his aircraft apparently contacted another plane while on approach to land. The stricken airplane fell into a nearby field.

"We're part of a closed community of aviators, and when we lose any pilot, it is a real tragedy to all of us,” said J. Michael Maloney, president of American Air Shows.

According to the Illinois Valley Air Show website, Good was part of the RV "Blackhawk" Squadron flying to the show to display their aircraft. A British ex-pat, Good moved to Wisconsin in 1994 and became a US citizen. He later spent three years building an RV-6A (file photo of type, below) -- presumably, the accident aircraft -- with its first flight in June 2000, just over six years ago.

After learning to fly in England -- but then giving it up for 15 years -- Good restarted his flying career in 1996, eventually earning an instrument-rating and building 1500 total hours of flight time, 1100 of which in his plane.

Good became an EAA Technical Counselor in 2004.

ORIGINAL REPORT

Two experimental aircraft collided while on approach to land at Illinois Valley Regional Airport early Sunday, causing one of the planes to crash. Authorities said the pilot of the accident aircraft was killed.

Officials with the FAA and area police told the Associated Press they believed the planes had been practicing for the Illinois Valley Air Show, scheduled for later in the day at the Peru, IL airport.

That information was disputed, however, by American Air Shows president J. Michael Maloney, who said the pilots were flying to the show to display their planes, and weren't part of the scheduled entertainment.

The pilot of the second aircraft involved in the midair collision was able to land his plane, and declined medical treatment, said Jamie Bradish with the Peru Police Department.

Information on the names of the pilots and the type(s) of aircraft involved were not immediately available. The planes were part of a group flying to the show from nearby Poplar Grove, said Maloney.

This is the second year the Illinois Valley Air Show has been held in Peru, a Chicago suburb about 90 miles southwest of the city. The show went on as planned, although it got underway about two hours late.

FMI: www.illinoisvalleyairshow.com

Advertisement

More News

Airborne-Flight Training 05.09.24: ERAU at AIAA, LIFT Diamond Buy, Epic A&P

Also: Vertical Flight Society, NBAA Maintenance Conference, GA Honored, AMT Scholarship For the first time, students from Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus took t>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.07.24): Hazardous Weather Information

Hazardous Weather Information Summary of significant meteorological information (SIGMET/WS), convective significant meteorological information (convective SIGMET/WST), urgent pilot>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.07.24)

"The need for innovation at speed and scale is greater than ever. The X-62A VISTA is a crucial platform in our efforts to develop, test and integrate AI, as well as to establish AI>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Cessna 150

(FAA) Inspector Observed That Both Fuel Tanks Were Intact And That Only A Minimal Amount Of Fuel Remained In Each Analysis: According to the pilot, approximately 8 miles from the d>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.08.24)

“Pyka’s Pelican Cargo is unlike any other UAS solution on the market for contested logistics. We assessed a number of leading capabilities and concluded that the Pelica>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC