14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, February 10, 2012 in Floresville, TX
Aircraft: CESSNA 172N, registration: N5427J
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
On February 10, 2012, approximately 1245 central standard time, a Cessna 172N, N5427J, impacted terrain near Floresville, Texas. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by Pro Flite Aviation, San Antonio, Texas, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan. The local flight originated from the Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF), San Antonio, Texas, approximately 1130.
Initial reports indicate that the pilot was receiving flight following services from air traffic control before radio and radar contact was lost. There are no reports of any distress calls made by the accident pilot.
There are no reported witnesses to the accident. An airplane assisting in the search of the accident plane spotted the wreckage in an open field, notified air traffic control, and landed at the nearby airfield to alert residents of the wreckage's location.
WILSON COUNTY--Wilson County Justice of the Peace Johnny Tejada Villarreal has identified the pilot as 58-year-old John Kevin Hurley of Bulverde.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt, Jr. said that is unknown what caused the plane to crash and that a second plane was sent to find it moments before the incident. The second plane was parked on the ranch's airstrip as sheriff's deputies and members of the Wilson County Emergency Medical Services arrived.
Investigator Roland Trevino of Wilson County Sheriff's Office said troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety who are trained to respond to aircraft accidents also were en route to the crash site.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration the single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft was on a flight from Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio. It was near Connally Ranch when air traffic controllers lost radar contact before 1:00 pm Friday afternoon.
"It looks like it came down nose first to the ground, " said Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Safety Board will be investigating the cause of the crash.
Sheriff Tackitt told News 4 WOAI a sheriff's deputy will remain at the crash site until federal investigators arrive on Saturday morning.
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According to Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Trooper Harold Estep, the victim is 58-year-old John Hurley of San Antonio. The FAA is en route to the site where the Cessna went down.
The plane crashed just after 1 PM on the grounds of the Picosa Ranch on F.M. 2579.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt, Jr. said that is unknown what caused the plane to crash and that a second plane was sent to find it moments before the incident. The second plane was parked on the ranch's airstrip as sheriff's deputies and members of the Wilson County Emergency Medical Services arrived.
Investigator Roland Trevino of Wilson County Sheriff's Office said troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety who are trained to respond to aircraft accidents also were en route to the crash site.
The pilot of a single-engine plane died Friday when it crashed while en route from Stinson Field to an airport in Wilson County, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
“As I understand it, he was on a pleasure flight,” Lunsford said of the Cessna 172's pilot, who he declined to identify. He provided the tail number on the plane, which FAA records show is owned by a San Antonio man.
“It was preparing to land at Connally Ranch (Airport) when air traffic controllers lost radar contact,” Lunsford said from his office in Fort Worth. “Local law enforcement confirmed that the sole occupant did not survive the accident.”
He said investigators from the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board were enroute to the scene, where Department of Public Safety officers were already stationed.
FLORESVILLE, Texas — A small airplane crashed near a rural South Texas airfield, killing its lone occupant.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the aircraft was on a pleasure flight from Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says it was preparing to land at the John B. Connally Ranch Airport about 28 miles southeast of San Antonio when it disappeared from air traffic control radar.
No other injuries or damage was reported. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate for a cause.
The FAA and Wilson County Sheriff's Office were withholding the pilot's identity until relatives can be notified.
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