May Also Have Been Overloaded

From the NTSB: On August 3, 2004, at 1159 central daylight time, an Aerostar PA-60-601P twin-engine airplane, N601BV, was destroyed shortly after take off from Runway 16 (a 3,930- foot-long and 70-foot-wide asphalt runway) at Lakeway Airpark (3R9), Austin, Texas. The commercial pilot and five passengers (three adults and two children) sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Aviation Flight Standards, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Lakeway, about 1158, and was destined for Wylie Post Airport (PWA), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the business flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Re

Will Spend Six Years In Prison

A Texas man who got drunk on his 21st birthday and stole a Cessna 172, crashing it into power lines, was sentenced to six years in prison Monday.

Will Lead Advisory Committee To Set Standards For UAVs Flying In US Airspace

"We volunteered for this job because we want to make sure that these unmanned aircraft don't have an impact on our members, literally and figuratively," said Andy Cebula, AOPA senior vice president of Government and Technical Affairs. "Before UAVs are ever released into general airspace, they'll have to be able to do what a pilot in a Cessna 172 does — see and avoid other aircraft, operate within the confines of today's ATC system, and operate without special conditions or special services such as being able to deal with emergencies without endangering other aircraft."