LANCECASPER Posted Saturday at 01:21 PM Report Posted Saturday at 01:21 PM https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/561073 https://www.beechtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=242286 https://www.news10.com/news/saratoga-county/plane-crashes-near-saratoga-county-airport/ https://www.news10.com/news/saratoga-county/authorities-identify-victims-of-deadly-milton-plane-crash/amp/ 6
Ragsf15e Posted Saturday at 02:36 PM Report Posted Saturday at 02:36 PM It’ll be interesting to see what’s in the fuel servo and filters if the ntsb takes them apart. 1 1 2
EricJ Posted Saturday at 07:43 PM Report Posted Saturday at 07:43 PM 5 hours ago, Ragsf15e said: It’ll be interesting to see what’s in the fuel servo and filters if the ntsb takes them apart. I hope there is sufficient analysis done on this by somebody to find out what happened. Very sad. :'( 1
DCarlton Posted Saturday at 08:33 PM Report Posted Saturday at 08:33 PM This was Freddbe34 (Right out of the gate)? If so, F'ing horrendous. I thought it was a Mooney when I saw the news cast. 1
LANCECASPER Posted Saturday at 08:43 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 08:43 PM 1 hour ago, DCarlton said: This was Freddbe34 (Right out of the gate)? If so, F'ing horrendous. I thought it was a Mooney when I saw the news cast. "Frederick M. Baber, 58, of Port Charlotte FL was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed as it was taking off from the Saratoga County Airport." "A passenger on the plane, Alexander Hoff, 39, of Hollis, New Hampshire, was seriously injured in the crash and remained hospitalized at Albany Medical Center on Saturday, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office." @mike_elliott I figured you would want to know. 2
LANCECASPER Posted Sunday at 08:17 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 08:17 PM Baber remembered as beloved grandfather and passionate flyer, screenwriter Baber is survived by his wife, Janice Baber, two children and two step-children. According to his daughter, Caitlyn Mallo, of Charleston, S.C., the longtime pilot bought a faster plane about a month ago to reduce the amount of time it took to visit Mallo and his grandson, Alexander. She said her father loved seeing him. “It’s just really sad, and you know, I’ve got a 1-year-old who is not going to see his pawpaw anymore,” Mallo said. Mallo told the Times Union she flew with Baber a few years ago and always felt safe. She called his love of flying “more than a hobby” and described him as a passive pilot. On the ground, the Ohio-born man had a passion for screenwriting. He was involved in several independent films, including “Trial by Ordeal,” “Alibi Witness,” and “Tragic.” “He just found it fascinating,” Mallo said. On Saturday, Mallo wrote in a tribute to her father on Facebook about the difficulty of the previous 24 hours. “I know in your last moments you did everything you could,” she wrote. “I wish that I told you I loved you one last time. I wish you could come home. I promise I’m going to be okay. We’re going to be okay. I know you’re going to be watching down on us every day.” She ended the post with: “I’ll see you later alligator, roger that. Over and out.” 2
LANCECASPER Posted Sunday at 08:48 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 08:48 PM This is the injured passenger Alexander Hoff who is in a hospital in Albany, NY:
bluehighwayflyer Posted Sunday at 08:58 PM Report Posted Sunday at 08:58 PM So he had a CFII with him? I wonder how that factors in to the invulnerable/impulsive investigative theory from the other thread. 1
Echo Posted Sunday at 09:46 PM Report Posted Sunday at 09:46 PM We are going to know what really happened. I am thankful for that.
DXB Posted Sunday at 11:06 PM Report Posted Sunday at 11:06 PM I got finished reading all of Mr Baber's posts in his recent thread on here regarding the prior engine issue. He sounds like a thoughtful and humble guy who handled the event carefully and intelligently. The sediment in the left tank sounded like the culprit, the approach to addressing it seemed fairly meticulous. It's very sad his efforts and those of his A&P weren't enough to keep him safe. What an awful tragedy. RIP Also f*ck the folks who immediately want to point the finger at him without knowing sh*t. 7
MikeOH Posted yesterday at 02:12 AM Report Posted yesterday at 02:12 AM 3 hours ago, DXB said: Also f*ck the folks who immediately want to point the finger at him without knowing sh*t. ^^^ THIS ^^^
IvanP Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM Report Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM Very sad end for a new Mooney owner. Hopefully we will some day learn what was the cause of this tragic event, the various conjectures published here and elsequere notwithstanding. It is possible that the fuel system issues discussed on MS forum earlier were nt resplved and may have been the cause of this accident, but it is also possible that some other factors were involved. Too early to tell with any reasonable degree of certainty, but celarly the absence of facts will not prevent various "experts" from publishing conjectures and speculations.
carusoam Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago A YouTube channel I frequent, hoping to NOT see my Mooney friends making the news… The YTer is Keoni, an AARF fire fighter at an airport in Hawaii… prayers for the lost and especially, the injured airman… Best regards, -a- 1
JBlueSkys Posted 5 hours ago Report Posted 5 hours ago So this one hits close to home for me. Earlier this year in my hunt for a Mooney to buy, I saw this one at our local airport and snapped a picture of it. It had sat outside for years, I was told. So was shocked to hear this one was involved in an accident. Prayers for the families involved!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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