LearJet Crashes into 3 homes-St Joe County, South Bend
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One of the Victim's was a O.U College Quarterback he was on the 74, 75 team's that Won the Championship's of those two years. He was Coached by Coach Barry Switzer..
http://www.ocregister.com/sports/davis-500242-oklahoma-game.html
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Great photos, chidd88! Crazy incident to say the least!
NTSB Prelim.
NTSB released a preliminary report:
NTSB Identification: CEN13FA196
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, March 17, 2013 in South Bend, IN
Aircraft: Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 390, registration: N26DK
Injuries: 2 Fatal,3 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On March 17, 2013, at 1623 eastern daylight time, a Hawker Beechcraft model 390 (Premier IA) business jet, N26DK, serial number RB-226, collided with three residential structures and terrain following an aborted landing attempt on runway 9R located at the South Bend Regional Airport (KSBN), South Bend, Indiana. The private pilot and pilot-rated-passenger occupying the cockpit seats were fatally injured. An additional two passengers and one individual on the ground sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to 7700 Enterprises of Montana, LLC and operated by Digicut Systems of Tulsa, Oklahoma, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 while on an instrument flight plan. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the business flight that departed Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (KRVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 1358 central daylight time.
According to preliminary air traffic control information, at 1610:31, the accident pilot established radio communications with South Bend Approach Control while at 11,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The air traffic controller cleared the flight direct to KNUTE intersection and told the pilot to expect a visual approach to runway 9R. At 1611:44, the flight was cleared to descend to 10,000 feet msl. At 1613:06, the flight was cleared to 3,000 feet msl. At 1615:00, the approach controller told the pilot to make a 5-degree left turn to align with runway 9R and asked the pilot to report when he had the airport in sight. At 1615:07, the pilot declared an emergency because of a lack of engine power, reporting that they were "dead stick" and without any power. About 23 seconds later, at 1615:30, the pilot transmitted "we've lost all power, and we have no hydraulics." When the controller asked if the airplane remained controllable, the pilot replied "ah, barely controllable." The controller advised that all runways at KSBN were available for landing and issued the current winds, which were 130-degrees at 10 knots. At 1615:22, the pilot transmitted that the airplane’s navigational systems were inoperative and requested a radar vector toward the airport. The controller replied that the airport was 9 miles directly ahead of the airplane’s current position. At 1616:12, the controller told the pilot to turn 10-degrees left to intersect runway 9R. At 1616:15, the pilot replied "26DK, turning left." No additional voice communications were received from the accident airplane. The approach controller continued to transmit radar vectors toward runway 9R without any response from the accident pilot. At 1618:58, the approach controller told the accident airplane to go-around because the main landing gear was not extended. (The tower controller had informed the approach controller that only the nose landing gear was extended) The accident airplane was then observed to climb and enter a right traffic pattern for runway 9R. The airplane made another landing approach to runway 9R with only the nose landing gear extended. Several witnesses observed the airplane bounce several times on the runway before it ultimately entered a climbing right turn. The airplane was then observed to enter a nose low descent into a nearby residential community.
NTSB released a preliminary report:
NTSB Identification: CEN13FA196
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, March 17, 2013 in South Bend, IN
Aircraft: Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 390, registration: N26DK
Injuries: 2 Fatal,3 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On March 17, 2013, at 1623 eastern daylight time, a Hawker Beechcraft model 390 (Premier IA) business jet, N26DK, serial number RB-226, collided with three residential structures and terrain following an aborted landing attempt on runway 9R located at the South Bend Regional Airport (KSBN), South Bend, Indiana. The private pilot and pilot-rated-passenger occupying the cockpit seats were fatally injured. An additional two passengers and one individual on the ground sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to 7700 Enterprises of Montana, LLC and operated by Digicut Systems of Tulsa, Oklahoma, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 while on an instrument flight plan. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the business flight that departed Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (KRVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 1358 central daylight time.
According to preliminary air traffic control information, at 1610:31, the accident pilot established radio communications with South Bend Approach Control while at 11,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The air traffic controller cleared the flight direct to KNUTE intersection and told the pilot to expect a visual approach to runway 9R. At 1611:44, the flight was cleared to descend to 10,000 feet msl. At 1613:06, the flight was cleared to 3,000 feet msl. At 1615:00, the approach controller told the pilot to make a 5-degree left turn to align with runway 9R and asked the pilot to report when he had the airport in sight. At 1615:07, the pilot declared an emergency because of a lack of engine power, reporting that they were "dead stick" and without any power. About 23 seconds later, at 1615:30, the pilot transmitted "we've lost all power, and we have no hydraulics." When the controller asked if the airplane remained controllable, the pilot replied "ah, barely controllable." The controller advised that all runways at KSBN were available for landing and issued the current winds, which were 130-degrees at 10 knots. At 1615:22, the pilot transmitted that the airplane’s navigational systems were inoperative and requested a radar vector toward the airport. The controller replied that the airport was 9 miles directly ahead of the airplane’s current position. At 1616:12, the controller told the pilot to turn 10-degrees left to intersect runway 9R. At 1616:15, the pilot replied "26DK, turning left." No additional voice communications were received from the accident airplane. The approach controller continued to transmit radar vectors toward runway 9R without any response from the accident pilot. At 1618:58, the approach controller told the accident airplane to go-around because the main landing gear was not extended. (The tower controller had informed the approach controller that only the nose landing gear was extended) The accident airplane was then observed to climb and enter a right traffic pattern for runway 9R. The airplane made another landing approach to runway 9R with only the nose landing gear extended. Several witnesses observed the airplane bounce several times on the runway before it ultimately entered a climbing right turn. The airplane was then observed to enter a nose low descent into a nearby residential community.
Update.
For those interested, I will continue to update this as more information comes out. Recently a video from the South Bend Regional Airport has been released showing the aircraft involved in the accident trying to land unsuccessfully and taking off before the accident happened.
In the past day, South Bend released a portion of the audio from the dispatch to the South Bend Fire Dept.
In the audio, you hear Engine 11 ( the first arriving engine) telling dispatch the plane has crashed into a home.
Around 4:20 p.m. on March 17, the St. Joseph County Airport Authority contacted the South Bend 911 Center to launch an emergency response.
"Engine 11, Engine 4, Engine 7, Engine 2, Engine 6, Quint 7, Quint 1, Rescue 1, Battalion 103, Medic 4, Medic 3 and 1660, respond to 4477 W. Progress Drive at the airport. We have a private plane coming in with only half of the landing gear operable,” a dispatcher can be heard saying.
Station 11, located at N. Bendix Dr. and Cleveland Rd., is the closest traditional firehouse to the airfield. While responding southbound along N. Bendix Drive, three firefighters witnessed the unthinkable.
Engine 11: "South Bend be advised the plane just crashed, we see it south of Lincoln Way, it looks like."
Dispatcher: "10-4.”
Engine 11: "South Bend be advised it looks like it might have struck a house."
Dispatcher: "Let us know on an exact address when you can."
Engine 11: "South Bend it's 1614 on Iowa Street, we've got a plane into a house."
Dispatcher: "10-4. All units responding to the airport, go to the mutual aid frequency."
Engine 11: "South Bend Engine 11 is on scene. We have two houses involved, we have no fire, we have a gas leak, we have fuel on the ground, unknown if we have any survivors."
Engine 7: "Engine 7 on scene."
Engine 11: "Engine 7 I've got a hydrant, just come on up with manpower, I need manpower."
Dispatcher: "10-4."
Engine 11: "Chief I've got two houses involved, I've got no fire. I'm using manpower right now to stage. I've got a heavy gas leak. I've got one out of the two houses evacuated for sure. I've gotten the first one."
From WNDU News:
In total more than 100 police officers, firefighters and paramedics were called to the 1600 block of N. Iowa St., about a mile southeast of South Bend Regional Airport terminal. The huge feat was amazingly carried-out by just five South Bend dispatchers on what was, until then, a quiet Sunday afternoon.
"They have to be able to multitask many things - listening to radio traffic, listening to phone traffic. You might have another dispatcher in the room yelling more vital information such as the exact address as the plane went into. So you have to be able to hear all those things, decipher in your head what's going on, and get that vital information out to those responders that they need to know,” said South Bend 911 Center communication director Diana Scott.
Situated in a dimly lit room inside the South Bend Police Department, a staff of 25 dispatchers frequently trains for a variety of disasters, including aviation accidents.
"When we do the drills we always think this is kind of silly, but we saw that day it isn't. These disasters can happen. Who would have thought it would have happened on that Sunday, but it did,” Scott added.
In 2012, the South Bend 911 Center answered 97,962 emergency calls, and dispatched 105,387 police, fire and EMS incidents. That’s 289 calls a day, on average.
For those interested, I will continue to update this as more information comes out. Recently a video from the South Bend Regional Airport has been released showing the aircraft involved in the accident trying to land unsuccessfully and taking off before the accident happened.
In the past day, South Bend released a portion of the audio from the dispatch to the South Bend Fire Dept.
In the audio, you hear Engine 11 ( the first arriving engine) telling dispatch the plane has crashed into a home.
Around 4:20 p.m. on March 17, the St. Joseph County Airport Authority contacted the South Bend 911 Center to launch an emergency response.
"Engine 11, Engine 4, Engine 7, Engine 2, Engine 6, Quint 7, Quint 1, Rescue 1, Battalion 103, Medic 4, Medic 3 and 1660, respond to 4477 W. Progress Drive at the airport. We have a private plane coming in with only half of the landing gear operable,” a dispatcher can be heard saying.
Station 11, located at N. Bendix Dr. and Cleveland Rd., is the closest traditional firehouse to the airfield. While responding southbound along N. Bendix Drive, three firefighters witnessed the unthinkable.
Engine 11: "South Bend be advised the plane just crashed, we see it south of Lincoln Way, it looks like."
Dispatcher: "10-4.”
Engine 11: "South Bend be advised it looks like it might have struck a house."
Dispatcher: "Let us know on an exact address when you can."
Engine 11: "South Bend it's 1614 on Iowa Street, we've got a plane into a house."
Dispatcher: "10-4. All units responding to the airport, go to the mutual aid frequency."
Engine 11: "South Bend Engine 11 is on scene. We have two houses involved, we have no fire, we have a gas leak, we have fuel on the ground, unknown if we have any survivors."
Engine 7: "Engine 7 on scene."
Engine 11: "Engine 7 I've got a hydrant, just come on up with manpower, I need manpower."
Dispatcher: "10-4."
Engine 11: "Chief I've got two houses involved, I've got no fire. I'm using manpower right now to stage. I've got a heavy gas leak. I've got one out of the two houses evacuated for sure. I've gotten the first one."
From WNDU News:
In total more than 100 police officers, firefighters and paramedics were called to the 1600 block of N. Iowa St., about a mile southeast of South Bend Regional Airport terminal. The huge feat was amazingly carried-out by just five South Bend dispatchers on what was, until then, a quiet Sunday afternoon.
"They have to be able to multitask many things - listening to radio traffic, listening to phone traffic. You might have another dispatcher in the room yelling more vital information such as the exact address as the plane went into. So you have to be able to hear all those things, decipher in your head what's going on, and get that vital information out to those responders that they need to know,” said South Bend 911 Center communication director Diana Scott.
Situated in a dimly lit room inside the South Bend Police Department, a staff of 25 dispatchers frequently trains for a variety of disasters, including aviation accidents.
"When we do the drills we always think this is kind of silly, but we saw that day it isn't. These disasters can happen. Who would have thought it would have happened on that Sunday, but it did,” Scott added.
In 2012, the South Bend 911 Center answered 97,962 emergency calls, and dispatched 105,387 police, fire and EMS incidents. That’s 289 calls a day, on average.
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