[SEDXC] 4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC

[mike combs]

Need to make a correction, it was not K4Q that was killed.  The call was K4QO, Randy Hargenrader from Summerville, SC.
73's
Mike - K4LMS

--- On Wed, 10/21/09, K2EWB <k2ewb at comcast.net> wrote:

From: K2EWB <k2ewb at comcast.net>
Subject: [SEDXC] 4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC
To: "SEDXC" <SEDXC at contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 5:46 PM

Sad news, today we lost W3PP, K3IXD, W2GJ and K4Q, they were on their way to
operate c6apr for the cq ww ssb contest.

4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC
By BRUCE SMITH
Associated Press Writer
JEDBURG, S.C. -- A small plane crashed shortly after departure and burst
into flames early Wednesday morning, killing four people aboard.
It appears the plane climbed above the trees then descended and crashed into
a wooded area near the Summerville airport, not far from the South Carolina
coast, the sheriff's office said.
Investigators found four people dead in the wreckage of the twin-engine
Piper PA-23, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen
said.
The plane, which seats six, crashed around 6:20 a.m. and was engulfed in
flames when firefighters arrived at the scene in a rural area northwest of
Jedburg, Dorchester County Administrator Jason Ward said. Investigators were
hindered by the flaming wreckage and "charred foliage" at the scene, and
identities of the victims haven't been confirmed.
"That will probably have to be done by dental records due to the severity of
the accident," Ward said.
One of the victims was found beneath some of the wreckage, Ward said. Debris
was spread around an area several yards wide at the crash site, and the
wrecked plane was apparently upside down, he said.
A call to the Dorchester County coroner's office was not immediately
returned.
Stella Bazzle, who lives about a half-mile from the crash site, said the
plane's motor was roaring and didn't sound right as it passed near her
house.
"It was kind of a funny noise, a grinding noise, almost like a train type of
thing," Bazzle said.
Then Bazzle, 66, heard what sounded like two explosions, the first one
bigger than the second. She said she didn't see any flames.
The crash site is off airport property, and the airport is located in a
rural area about 25 miles north of Charleston with a few homes, some farm
land and industrial sites.
The 1976 plane was registered to Peter Radding of North Charleston, FAA
records show.
A woman who answered the phone at his home said Radding was flying out of
the area Wednesday. She declined to comment further.
Radding's neighbor, Jim Deaton, said the man and others planned to stop in
Florida, pick up more passengers, then head to the Bahamas.
"His wife is obviously very shook up," Deaton said.


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