Monday, August 13, 2018

Corporate pilot Duane Youd killed after he crashes his 1995 Cessna 525 CitationJet plane owned by VanCon Holdings LLC into a home in Payson, Utah





Police say the pilot intentionally flew plane into his own home hours after being booked for domestic assault charges.
The man was an active pilot, but his relation to the aircraft involved is unclear at this time.







Utah man, Duane Youd, crashes jet plane into own home hours after arrest for domestic violence

By Patrick Benedict
- August 13, 2018



PAYSON, Utah (Gephardt Daily) — 


Police now say the crash of a small Cessna jet plane into a house overnight in Payson, Utah, was an intentional act.


According to a statement by Payson police Sgt. Noemi Sandoval, Duane Youd, was arrested on a domestic violence call at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Four hours later, he was released from the Utah County Jail and returned home about midnight accompanied by a police officer to retrieve personal belongings from the residence.

At 2:30 a.m. a dual-engine Cessna Citation jet was heard flying “low and loud” over a Payson neighborhood. Witnesses told Gephardt Daily they were then stunned when the plane plunged from the sky, clipping the garage of one residence before exploding in flames in front of Youd’s own home.

Youd’s wife and a juvenile were inside the home at the time of the crash, but managed to escape uninjured.

Police say the Cessna 525 Citation was “borrowed” from a hanger at the Spanish Fork Airport.

According to FAA records obtained by Gephardt Daily, the plane was owned by VanCon, Inc. in Springville and Youd was named as the company’s corporate pilot.

 
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A Cessna jet crashes into Payson home; residence engulfed in flame

By Patrick Benedict
- August 13, 2018



PAYSON, Utah, Aug. 13, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — 


One person is dead after a small Cessna jet plane crashed into a home in Payson, Utah early Monday morning.



First responders were called to 594 E. Canyon Road at about 2:40 a.m. with reports of an explosion and fire. When they arrived, they realized the home had been struck by a plane.

According to Payson Police officials, the deceased was found in the plane wreckage, and two people who were inside the home managed to escape without injury.

Payson resident Slade Buhler told Gephardt Daily he heard the jet roaring overhead just moments before the fiery crash.

“I had just taken my dog out. Came in, sat down, and I heard this huge plane come from the east and it was headed west. I hurried and ran outside to see what the hell that was going on and you could just hear how loud it was, how low it was. Then it kept going north, north, north, and then you could hear it swinging back.

“It came right over, just went right up there … and no lights. I could barely see what it was. All of a sudden he got about right there, the lights came on and I thought, ‘Oh, my God. He’s going down! He’s going down!’

“I thought he was going to hit the mountain, right there, and all of a sudden ‘boom’ — a huge explosion…. The noise … you just couldn’t believe the noise.”

Firefighters worked quickly to knock down the flames, which caused heavy damaged to the garage and the front of the home.

The twin-engine Cessna 525 Citation is registered to VanCon Holdings LLC, a Springville, Utah business. It was manufactured in 1995.





Vancon Holdings, LLC is an Utah Domestic LLC filed on September 17, 2015 . The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 9541316-0160.

The Registered Agent on file for this company is Leon Van Sickle and is located at 1825 N Mountain Springs Parkway, Springville, UT 84663. The company's principal address is 1825 N Mountain Springs Parkway, Springville, UT 84663.


VanCon provides all types of heavy civil, mechanical, CM/GC and design build construction services for water, waste water and storm water industries.

In 1978, Leon opened VanCon, short for Van Sickle Construction. It started out as a home building company with one small 8x8 office in Provo. As VanCon grew, they moved to an office in Spanish Fork with a small shop to fix equipment. VanCon switched to excavation and Leon phased the company out of home building completely. VanCon outgrew the office in Spanish Fork and moved to its current location, Springville, Utah. VanCon now has over 120 employees and annual revenues of over $30 million dollars.

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N526CP - 1995 CESSNA 525


Aircraft Information

Manufacturer CESSNA
Model 525
Year Built 1995
Manufacturer's Serial Number 525-0099
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Category Land
Builder Certification Type Certificated
Number of Seats 8 seats
Weight Class CLASS 1 (Up to 12,499 pounds gross take off weight)
Engine Manufacturer WILLIAMS
Engine Model FJ 44 SERIES
Engine Type Turbo-fan
Number of Engines 2 engines
Thrust per Engine 1,900 pounds-force (8.5 kN)
Total Thrust 3,800 pounds-force (16.9 kN)

Registration Information


Type of Registrant Corporation
Owner Name VANCON HOLDINGS LLC
Street 1825 MOUNTAIN SPRINGS PKWY
City SPRINGVILLE
State UT
Zip Code 84663-3098
Region Northwest Mountain
County Utah County
Country US
Fractional Ownership No
Airworthiness Date 1995-06-13
Certificate Issue Date 2015-11-04
Last Action Date 2017-12-13
Expiration Date 2018-11-30
Status Valid Registration
Mode S Code 51517570
Mode S Code Hex A69F78
 
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Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into a house and was destroyed by fire. The pilot is said to have been killed in the crash. Two occupants of the house escaped unharmed.

Sources:
https://gephardtdaily.com/breaking/breaking-cessna-jet-plane-crashes-into-payson-home-residence-engulfed-in-flame/
https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/jet-crashes-payson-utah-house/
https://fox13now.com/2018/08/13/one-dead-after-plane-crashes-into-house-at-mouth-of-payson-canyon/
https://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/one-person-dead-after-a-plane-crashes-into-a-home-in-payson-utah/1365243867


Date:13-AUG-2018
Time:02:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C525 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 525 CitationJet
Owner/operator:Private
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Payson, UT -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport: