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

[MAllphin at aol.com]

When I was in Bangkok in 1996, Dallas Carter picked me up  at my hotel and 
took me to the club station, HS0AC.  Since his return  to the US, I have 
seen him several times at Dayton. He was a kind and generous  man and will be 
missed.  God rest his soul!
Bob-K4UEE
 
 
In a message dated 10/21/2009 9:27:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k4lms at bellsouth.net writes:

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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