DNR plane crash

[Swen]

The pilot of a state-owned plane who was responding to a small forest fire was killed in a crash at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the town of Cary.

The 36-year-old state Department of Natural Resources pilot, Heath Van Handel of Appleton, was a former commercial pilot and flight instructor at Kansas State University in Salinas, said Ed Culhane, communications specialist for the DNR's west central region.

Sad to hear another one down.


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[KSPILOT]

Rest in Peace Heath
He was my private pilot instructor

 

[C150J]

He was also an Air Wisky guy. RIP.

 

[darrenf]

Sad news. RIP.

 

[falconvalley]

 

[Roger, Roger]

Rest in Peace Heath
He was my private pilot instructor

Dang man. RIP.

 

[Douglas]

RIP

 

[TheAlchemist]

How sad!

RIP

 

[sdfcvoh]

Rest in Peace Heath
He was my private pilot instructor

Sorry to know that. RIP

 

[Maurus]

Rest in Peace Heath
He was my private pilot instructor

I know what that is like. The best thing you can do is learn from the accident and move on I am afraid.

My instrument instructor was involved in a mid-air over a VOR. Lets just say I never do VOR work now without traffic advisories, and rarely do I even do normal air work without traffic advisories. Today I had a glider pass a mile to the side and 300 ft below me at the VOR, would have never seen him without ATC.

 

[youngpilot85]

Sad indeed. RIP.