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helibandit
Senior Heliman
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina - United States

i was on my way back from fort bragg NC today on I-40 and i saw a single engine low wing aircraft traveling next to the hwy just above the tree tops.. it was banking laft and right like it couldnt decide where it wanted to go.. when it banked left for the last time it dissapeared.. i figured it was just someone screwing off but when i get home there was breaking new of a plane crash in the same area at the same time.. the plane was burnt to a crisp but you can still see the outline of the wings and when i saw this plane i remember trying to figure out what type it was but i could only tell that it had long skinny wings like a diamond aircraft.. i think it was a shade of yellow or gold too im not sure.. anyway the burnt outline looks just like it.. i realy wonder if i witnessed these peoples last moments.. i left a message with the faa incase they wanted to know where i saw it cause it crash a ways from where i saw this plane.. they lost radar contact 15 minutes before it crashed a few miles from where i saw this one.. dunno but its pretty sad anyway two died.

The only time you can have too much fuel is when your on fire

05-08-2008 09:19 PM

A. Bundy
Elite Veteran
Location: Aurora,IL. 30W/SW of Chicago

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2854212/

05-08-2008 10:35 PM

1stPlace
Senior Heliman
Location: Ohio USA

It was Al Desalvatore's Lancair IV-P... I have done work for him in the past. I never get over loosing friends in aviation...

N101BX

RIP Al....

Hat man dir mal ins Gehirn geschissen und vergessen umzuruhren?

05-08-2008 11:24 PM

helibandit
Senior Heliman
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina - United States

yea i found a bunch of info on him... do you happen to know what color his plane was? specificaly the wings on top?

The only time you can have too much fuel is when your on fire

05-09-2008 12:28 AM

SilverEagle2
Heliman
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

EDIT: Sorry...just realized you wanted colors of not placement of wings

Fast beautiful planes the Lanciar IV-P's are. I hope to build one some day.

Too bad.

Wait..what!?!?! No, that can't be!

05-09-2008 12:48 AM

HOMEPAGE

1stPlace
Senior Heliman
Location: Ohio USA

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do you happen to know what color his plane was? specificaly the wings on top?

It has been several years since I saw AL and his Lancair. If I remember right, the top and bottoms of the wings were white. The top of the fuselage was also white. The bottom 1/2 of the fuselage was charcoal with gold stripes, as were the wing tips.

Hat man dir mal ins Gehirn geschissen und vergessen umzuruhren?

05-09-2008 01:30 AM

helo_chris
Veteran
Location: goodlettsville, tn

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A piece of one of the plane's wings was found more than a mile away, authorities said.

Probably why you saw it banking back and forth before it crashed. Very sad indeed.

"There is a fine line between cutting edge and bleeding edge.."

05-09-2008 02:23 AM

HOMEPAGE

helibandit
Senior Heliman
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina - United States

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No. Wings on bottom. Fast beautiful planes the Lanciar IV-P's are. I hope to build one some day. Too bad

yea i knew it was a low wing and when i saw it i thought it was a glassair..i was close i guess. i was asking about the color on top of the wings.. i wonder why he was yanking and banking near I-40 and ended up crashing a few miles from there.. he couldnt have been more than 75-100 ft AGL when i saw him..

The only time you can have too much fuel is when your on fire

05-09-2008 02:35 AM

22megatons
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I believe this plane was from the Fort Myers Florida area.

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/reada...cleid=19185&z=3

Here is the final flight path of the aircraft.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N101BX

05-11-2008 01:57 AM

capnut2
Heliman
Location: Camarillo,Ca

Helibandit,

If you did see the plane before the crash, you should notify the NTSB. Your view of what happened may help figure out the cause and help with closure for the family.

Just my 2 cents.

05-11-2008 03:11 AM

Rob_T
Elite Veteran
Location: Tualatin, OR - USA

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Fast beautiful planes the Lanciar IV-P's are. I hope to build one some day.

Very beautiful, very fast, and very very unforgiving. Check their NTSB record, they seem to be over represented, and a high proportion involve fatalities.

Rob
Eco8, Piccolo Fun, Shogun, HB Elite CP, Trex 450XL CDE, Swift

05-11-2008 04:02 AM

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