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Two die in Tallahassee, Florida plane crash.

Submitted by Fernando Montalvo on November 7, 2009 – 6:00 amNo Comment

Cessna Skyhawk SP similar to that in the accident.  Photo by MilborneOne (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)

Cessna Skyhawk SP similar to that in the accident. Photo by MilborneOne (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)

Michael Piette, a nationally known forensic economist, and Mark Revet were killed when the Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP (registration N5194X) they had rented crashed in the woods northwest of Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Florida for unknown reasons Wednesday night.  The accident occurred at around 7:20 PM EST, a little bit more than an hour after sunset.

The airplane, which the men had rented from Eagle Air Corporation, had just departed the airport as the men meant to fly in the airport’s traffic pattern to practice takeoffs and landings.  Soon after takeoff, the airport’s air traffic controllers noticed there were fires to the northwest of the airport, near Aenon Church Road, and notified authorities.  There was no distress call by the pilot or anything else that indicated an emergency was going on.  Investigators pointed out the plane impacted trees and the ground at a shallow angle.  The aircraft burned to the ground.

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With as little information as there is in this accident, it is difficult to get a handle on what could have happened.  It could have been an engine failure and they may have been trying to land in the dark, but it could have been anything else for all we know, such as disorientation in the early evening hours.

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