JUNE 14, 2015
CUBA, MO. (AP)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms one man is dead
after a plane crash in northwestern Crawford County Sunday morning.
According to Sgt. Cody Fulkerson, the single engine
Piper PA-32 crashed less than a mile north of the Cuba Municipal Airport around
7:45 a.m. after the aircraft disappeared from radar.
The pilot was identified as 54-year-old Jeffrey Hansen of
St. Charles. Hansen and a dog were the only two on the plane when it crash and
both were killed.
State Troopers indicated the plane crashed in a heavily
wooded area and took out a large area of trees. Troopers said there was
catastrophic damage to the plane and that the plane was in numerous pieces. One
of the aircraft’s wings was found a quarter of a mile away from the crash site.
Eye witnesses said they heard what they believed to be
engine trouble and saw the plane breaking up in the air.
According to a family spokesperson, Hansen sent a text
message indicating he was flying through turbulence just before the crash.
State Troopers said they have secured the crash site so
investigators from the FAA can investigate the crash.
Members from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
are en-route from Dallas, Texas. They are expected to arrive sometime Sunday
afternoon or evening.
According to the family, the man routinely flies from St.
Louis to the Lake of the Ozarks where he has a lake home. Hansen was reportedly
flying from Branson to St. Louis on Sunday.
Hansen was the owner of Hansen’s Tree Service and
Environmental Wood Resources Inc.
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Date:
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14-JUN-2015
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Time:
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07:45
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Type:
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Owner/operator:
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Limb-A-Nator LLC
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Registration:
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N2966X
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C/n / msn:
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42-7940233
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Fatalities:
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Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
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Other fatalities:
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0
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Airplane damage:
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Substantial
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Location:
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Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, MO -
United
States of America |
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Phase:
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Approach
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Nature:
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Private
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Departure airport:
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Branson (KBBG)
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Destination airport:
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Creve Couer (1H0)
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Narrative:
The aircraft experienced an inflight breakup and subsequent impact with wooded terrain north of Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, Missouri. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Weather may have been a factor to the accident.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176959
http://www.ksdk.com/story/homepage/2015/06/14/small-plane-crash-in-crawford-county/71209060/
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/1-confirmed-dead-in-small-plane-crash-in-cuba-mo/21048998_33573394
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/133ce290a53549e6a5d83e94587c1155/MO--Deadly-Plane-Crash
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=1217419#.VX4A4HBHaK0
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/hansen-s-tree-service-owner-dies-in-plane-crash-in/article_9c6eb8bf-58d0-5336-ba3f-ae02a26c5e8a.html
http://flightwise.com/track/N2966X
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2966X