Missing Canadian Mooney???

[Oldguy]

I saw a posting from The Mooney Flyer about a Mooney missing on a flight from Penticton to Edmonton on Saturday. Did I miss it being posted here?

[carl]

Dominic Neron and his girlfriend Ashley Bourgeault are the focus of a search for a missing plane in B.C.

Records also show that Neron purchased the 1963, single-engine M2oD Mooney in September of this year.

 

The Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria was notified that the plane was overdue at around 10:40 p.m. Saturday.

A spokesperson for the JRCC said the pilot’s cellphone was pinged and cell tower information indicated the cellphone may be located about 32 kilometres northeast of Revelstoke. The search efforts focused Monday on the area between Revelstoke and the Rogers Pass.

“That’s the best information that we have right now for a location, so we’ll be concentrating our search efforts in that area surrounding the cellphone tower,” Katelyn Moores said.

Search crews were facing “unfavourable weather conditions” on Monday morning, the JRCC said, as poor visibility and a low ceiling were hampering efforts.

The search efforts included two Parks Canada helicopters and a military helicopter from a base in Comox, B.C.

 

 

 2017 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

 

 

 

[Hank]

Doesn't sound good for them . . . .

[milotron]

Pretty rough, cold terrain there.

 

My thoughts go out to them and their families.

 

iain

[FBCK]

It's been relatively warm the last few days in the area, but that warmth came with high chinook winds. I'm hoping that cell phone ping is a good thing.

[Guest]

I know of a pilot who went missing in BC, his plane was found 12 years later.  There is a lot of wilderness in the western half of the continent.

Clarence

[Vlakvark]

My prayers go out to a fellow Mooney pilot. 

[Mooneymite]

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Drone-Photo-Renews-Search-230196-1.html

[kortopates]

More info and video at:  http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/01/mooney-m20d-master-c-fesn.html 

[wiguy]

 Time to go check it out, on the ground. After two months in the winter bush, I doubt there’s much left. That is, if it’s the actual aircraft in question. If so, it would at least provide some answers and a little comfort to family & friends.

[tigers2007]

Wow that image was acquired just over a week after the disappearance. I think it’s quite clear that the bird hit the ground and spun around driving rearward into the trees. Sad that this wasn’t noticed. Too bad the authorities or searchers didn’t notice this until recently. I wonder if the Canadians could have diverted a couple mapping intel analysts to sift through the data (maybe they did?).


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