Sun, Apr 12, 2009
Seeking Unspecified Amount Of Monetary Compensation
The family of a pilot lost in last
December's midair collision of a Cessna Skyhawk and a Piper
Seminole over the Florida Everglades has filed suit against a
flight school that owned one of the accident aircraft.
Edson Jefferson, 30, a private pilot at the controls of the
Cessna, was accompanied by an instructor with Pelican Flight
Training Center, based at North Perry Airport (HWO). The Associated
Press reports Jefferson's family is suing the owner of the Piper,
flight school Airline Transport Professionals, based at the Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), for an
unspecified cash settlement.
Originating from two different airports, the aircraft were
operating in concentrated flight training area A-291B in western
Broward County when the collision occurred. Flying the Skyhawk,
Jefferson was preparing for his instrument rating check ride, while
the pilot of the Seminole was receiving training for his
multi-engine CFI rating.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board's
Preliminary Report, the Cessna was overheard making position
reports on 123.45, a CTAF used by aircraft operating in the
training area; there were no reports of any radio transmissions
heard from the Piper.
As ANN reported, the planes were reported
overdue on the evening of Saturday, December 6, and Sunday morning
the Broward County Sheriff's Office called in the US Coast Guard to
assist in the search.
Hampered by early morning fog, a US Coast Guard helicopter
dispatched from Miami spotted the wreckage of the planes just
before 9 am Sunday morning in a marshy area about three miles
southwest of Everglades Holiday Park. Both aircraft were occupied
by a pilot and flight instructor; all four persons perished in the
crash.
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