One of those ironic crashes ...

[Kenny Phillips]

Killed whilst spreading father's ashes.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/lo...o_men_pulled_from_plane_after_crash_in_hanson

 

[benyflyguy]

God Bless. That’s gotta be tough for the family.
Wonder If I’d had to do with the actual spreading???

 

[Pilawt]

A good friend of mine and his passenger died a couple of years ago, when his AT-6 went into the Columbia River near Astoria as he was dispersing the ashes of the passenger's late husband. NTSB later uncovered some medical issues, but was never able to pinpoint a cause other than distraction during the maneuver. https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...ID=20160325X80001&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA

 

[frfly172]

Sad, a tragic loss for the family.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

God Bless. That’s gotta be tough for the family.
Wonder If I’d had to do with the actual spreading???

I know a couple of people who did this (the spreading of ashes). One of them got a face full. That can cause issues.

 

[sourdough44]

Sounds like it happened just after takeoff, within 1/2 mile of the runway. If so, unlikely it was during an attempt to spread ashes. Sad event no doubt.

 

[steingar]

Mrs. Steingar wanted me to do something like that with my mother in law’s cremanes. When I learned about some of the issues involved I decided not to. Airplanes are for the living. The down side is my mother in law is still a resident of my basement. Creepy.

 

[Mike Smith]

Sad deal. I have written in my will that I am to be cremated and no one may posses any of my remains. The crematorium is to dispose of my remains.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Happens a fair amount, sadly. I'm aware of an older one where some lingering bone fragments from the cremains got jammed in the elevator... I was able to quickly find two more on the NTSB site in addition to the one Jeff posted:

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...tID=20001212X17804&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA
https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...tID=20001211X10829&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA

It seems this sort of thing goes wrong more than it goes right, but most of the time it's just that the occupants/interior of the airplane get coated with Grandpa.