(Araucaria) Acidente Aéreo mata Time de Operadores do CQWW SSB 2009

[Luis Eduardo C. de Manuel]

4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC

By BRUCE SMITH (AP) – 2 hours ago

JEDBURG, S.C. — A small plane crashed shortly after departure and burst into
flames early Wednesday morning in South Carolina, killing four friends
heading to an amateur radio convention in the Bahamas.

The plane climbed above the trees to between 100 and 150 feet in the air
before something caused it to make a sharp U-turn and then crash into a
wooded area near the Summerville airport, not far from the coast, Dorchester
County Coroner Chris Nesbit said.

Nesbit identified the dead as the pilot and plane's owner, Peter Radding of
North Charleston, and passengers Edwin Steeble and James Randolph
Hargenrader, both of Summervile. The fourth victim was from Delaware, but
Nesbit didn't release other information because his family had not been
contacted.

The twin-engine Piper PA-23, which seats six and was built in 1976, crashed
around 6:20 a.m. and was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at the
scene in a rural area northwest of Jedburg, Dorchester County Administrator
Jason Ward said. Investigators were hindered by the flaming wreckage and
"charred foliage" at the scene.

The men were flying to Fort Pierce, Fla., and then on to the Bahamas for a
ham radio convention, Nesbit said.

Radding had been flying for 40 years, and Hargenrader was also a licensed
pilot, he said.

"They had taken this flight before," Nesbit said. "It wasn't like they had
never flown before."

The crash site is off airport property, and the airport is located in a
rural area about 25 miles north of Charleston with a few homes, some farm
land and industrial sites.

Stella Bazzle, who lives about a half-mile from the crash site, said the
plane's motor was roaring and didn't sound right as it passed near her
house.

"It was kind of a funny noise, a grinding noise, almost like a train type of
thing," Bazzle said.

Then Bazzle, 66, heard what sounded like two explosions, the first one
bigger than the second. She said she didn't see any flames.

*Associated Press Writer Katrina A. Goggins contributed to this report from
Columbia, S.C.*

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


2009/10/21 Paulo PV8DX <pv8dx em oi.com.br>

> Nossa,
>
> Dolorido esta notícia.
>
> Em muitos  contestes da ARRL quando faltava DE, sempre aparecia W3PP.
> Lamentável.
>
> Paulo PV8DX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luc PY8AZT" <py8azt em dxbrasil.net>
> To: "Grupo Araucaria de Radioamadorismo" <araucaria em araucariadx.com>;
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:00 PM
> Subject: (Araucaria) Acidente Aéreo mata Time de Operadores do CQWW SSB
> 2009
>
>
> Caros,
>
> Hoje cedo, morreu todo o time de operadores da C6APR (Pete, W2GJ, Ed,
> K3IXD, Randy K4QO e Dallas W3PP) em um acidente de avião durante a
> decolagem no aeroporto de Summerville, South Caroline USA com destino
> a Crooked Island, Bahamas. Os operadores estavam indo operar mais uma
> vez no CQWW SSB do Caribe.
>
> Nossas condolências às respectivas família.
>
> Fonte: CQ-Contest por Paul NN4F.
>
> 73, Luc
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