MAY 17, 2015
SPRING BRANCH, COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS
A Texas man, his wife and their two children died when the
plane they were flying crashed next to a feed store shortly after takeoff
Saturday, investigators say.
The Comal County Sheriff’s Office identified those killed as
38-year-old pilot Michael Scott Galloway of Spring Branch, his 32-year-old wife
Heather Louise Galloway, their 10-year-old son Clayton T. Galloway and their
8-year-old daughter Cheyenne Elizabeth Galloway.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports the
single-engine Piper PA-24 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Kestrel Air
Park in central Texas about 12:30 p.m. local time.
Sheriff’s Capt. Tommy Ward says the plane crashed into a
grassy area next to a feed store parking lot. There were no injuries or damage
reported on the ground.
Spring Branch is about 30 miles north of San Antonio.
The Piper PA-24 Comanche is a four-seat, low-wing,
all-metal, light aircraft of semi-monocoque construction with tricycle retractable
landing gear. Piper Aircraft designed and developed the Comanche; it first flew
on May 24, 1956. Together with the Twin Comanche, it made up the core of the
Piper Aircraft lineup until 1972, when the production lines for both aircraft
were wiped out in a flood.
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Date:
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16-MAY-2015
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Time:
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ca 12:30
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Type:
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Owner/operator:
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Registration:
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N9032P
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C/n / msn:
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24-4494
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Fatalities:
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Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
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Other fatalities:
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0
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Airplane damage:
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Written off (damaged beyond repair)
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Location:
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Spring Branch, east of Kestrel Airpark (1T7), San Antonio,
Texas -
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Phase:
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Initial climb
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Nature:
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Departure airport:
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San Antonio-Kestrel Airpark, TX (1T7)
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Destination airport:
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Narrative:
A Piper PA-24 was destroyed when it impacted a parking lot on Highway 281. The airplane was consumed by the post impact fire and the four occupants onboard received fatal injuries.
A Piper PA-24 was destroyed when it impacted a parking lot on Highway 281. The airplane was consumed by the post impact fire and the four occupants onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176163
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/2015/05/16/deputies-four-dead-in-plane-crash-in-spring-branch/27446875/
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/texas-news/2015/05/16/four-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-san-antonio/27450893/
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