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January 24, 2004

Student Pilot Crashes Into Police Station

A student pilot practicing touch-and-goes in Farmington (NM) apparently lost power Thursday night, causing his plane to pile into a police building near Four Corners Regional Airport. The student-pilot, who's not yet been identified, was seriously injured, according to local authorities. The aircraft impacted a part of the building that houses the detective unit, according to Fire Marshal Herb Veazey. "There’s some structural damage inside the building a lot of glass and debris strewn about...bent and twisted I-beams inside the office area," says Veazey. "We have a lot of fuel leaking down inside the building."

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Pilot's License Revoked After Alleged Drunken Flight

John V. Salamone won't be flying himself around for awhile. The FAA, ruling that he endangered his life and the lives of others, revoked his license after he allegedly flew his 1967 Cherokee Six (file photo of type, below) while drunk last week. Authorities say a preliminary breath test rang up .13 percent -- the amount of alcohol in his bloodstream. The legal limit for flying is .04 percent, while the legal limit for driving in Pennsylvania is .08 percent. The FAA ordered Salamone to either mail in his flight certificate or deliver it to the office in Jamaica (NY). All this, after Salamone's flight of January 15th, when officials say he penetrated Philidelphia Class B airspace without permission.

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