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Skyhawk N52265, a rental plane at Air Associates of Missouri, crashed around 8:00 this evening while on departure on the upwind-to-crosswind turn while doing pattern work. After over 2 hours of searching, the pilot, who was trapped in the plane, has been found and brought to the hospital. His condition is unknown as of now, but he was able to make contact via cell phone which helped rescuers locate him, and the tower controller said he sounded relatively ok on the phone.
I'm working on condensing the LiveATC.net recordings now, but if you want to listen, it is the only KSUS feed from 0100Z-0400Z: http://www.liveatc.net/archive.php
Here is a news article with very sparse info, as usual... http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_6d78b9cd-7d48-5987-b64d-ff7738db0534.html
Update 1: Here is a link to the audio file which has all of the relevant audio from the time of the incident to it being resolved and tower closing. It's 3 hours condensed to 15 minutes and only the tower side was recorded, so I'll condense it further to just the key points. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74530077/N52265 crash clipped all combined.mp3
Update 2: For those unfamiliar, I've attached a Google Earth shot of the area with locations marked which were mentioned in the ATC clip.
Update 3: Here's the further reduced clip, from 3 hours to 6.5 minutes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74530077/N52265 crash clipped all combined and reduced.mp3
Update 4: I have talked to one of the folks who responded and helped locate the aircraft; The plane went upside-down trapping him inside. He was conscious when the rescuers extracted him, but was definitely banged up.
Update 5:
I'm working on condensing the LiveATC.net recordings now, but if you want to listen, it is the only KSUS feed from 0100Z-0400Z: http://www.liveatc.net/archive.php
Here is a news article with very sparse info, as usual... http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_6d78b9cd-7d48-5987-b64d-ff7738db0534.html
Update 1: Here is a link to the audio file which has all of the relevant audio from the time of the incident to it being resolved and tower closing. It's 3 hours condensed to 15 minutes and only the tower side was recorded, so I'll condense it further to just the key points. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74530077/N52265 crash clipped all combined.mp3
Update 2: For those unfamiliar, I've attached a Google Earth shot of the area with locations marked which were mentioned in the ATC clip.
Update 3: Here's the further reduced clip, from 3 hours to 6.5 minutes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74530077/N52265 crash clipped all combined and reduced.mp3
Update 4: I have talked to one of the folks who responded and helped locate the aircraft; The plane went upside-down trapping him inside. He was conscious when the rescuers extracted him, but was definitely banged up.
Update 5:
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