Author: Turbine
Accident Date: November 28, 2005
The pilot of a Navion was killed during the last of several low passes over friends at a barbeque gathering at approximately 1700 local in VFR conditions. According to the NTSB report on the accident, the aircraft began to come apart after contacting a tree near the barbeque grill in a wing-low condition. The aircraft subsequently crashed into transmission lines and terrain. According to witness statements to the NTSB, low-altitude flight was a common pasttime for this pilot. No one else was onboard.
The Aircraft
The aircraft, a 1962 Navion G, FAA Registration N2455T, was registered to Luther Hester with an address in Heber, CA.
Newspaper Accounts The Pilot (alleged)
KYMA-TV in Yuma, AZ reported that the pilot killed in the crash was 61 year old Scott Hester. The FAA Airmen Database record for Scott Michael Hester describes Mr. Hester as a Private Pilot with Airplane Single and Multi-Engine Land ratings from Holtville, CA, the location of the accident. His last medical date is shown as June of 2004 and carried the limitation that he must have glasses available for near vision. It should be noted that the FAA web record is often out of date.
I'm going to take a wild guess at this one. No low-altitude waiver and flagrant disregard for Federal Aviation Regulations. Need I even mention the careless assault upon the lives and well-being of his "friends"? Happily no one else was hurt to bring another "black eye" upon General Aviation.
Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Scott Hester.
Let’s take a lesson from this one...
and, hey - Let’s be careful out there!
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