2 Colo. lawmen killed in plane crash
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(AP) PUEBLO, Colo. - Two Pueblo County lawmen are confirmed killed in a plane crash while searching the southern Colorado mountains for an illegal marijuana grow.
Pueblo County sheriff's office spokeswoman Lisa Shorter says an employee of the sheriff's office and a retired Pueblo city policeman were on board. The plane wreckage was found on Greenhorn Mountain at about 10,000 feet in the San Isabel National Forest in Custer County.
The single-engine Piper Super Cruiser left Pueblo Memorial Airport Friday morning and was due back around 10 a.m. but did not return.
Shorter said the victims were both men but gave no more identifying information. She said the retired policeman was the pilot, but Shorter was not immediately sure whether he was volunteering his time or working for the department.
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NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS TO FAA AND FAA RESPONSES REPORT
Data Source: NTSB Recommendations to FAA and FAA Responses
Report No: A-83-6
Subject:
Letter Date:01/13/1986
Status: CLOSED UNACCEPTABLE ACTION
<recommendation>
[O] During the period 1975 to 1981, there were 396 engine failure or malfunction
accidents in United States general aviation aircraft involving water in the fuel as
a cause/factor. These accidents involved, primarily, small, single-engine airplanes
and resulted in 72 fatalities, serious injuries to 93 persons, and minor injuries to
127 persons. Engine stoppage because of water in the fuel occurred most often
during the takeoff and initial climb phase of flight, and frequently involved older,
high-wing Piper airplanes with metal fuel tanks such as the Piper Models J-3, PA-12,
PA-18, and PA-22; low-wing agricultural airplanes such as the Piper Pawnee (Model
PA-25) and the Cessna Agwagon (Model C-188); and high-wing Cessna airplanes, both
old and new, with rubberized bladder-type fuel cells such as Cessna Models C-180, C-
182, C-185, C-206, and C-207. The Safety Board believes that many accidents
involving water in the fuel can be prevented and that the FAA should act immediately
to address this fuel problem involving general aviation airplanes.
</recommendation>