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Mooney Crash over Indiana


Pictured: A Mooney M20M
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Contact photographer Gary Chambers

What: Mooney M20M en route from Grand Rapids to Traverse City
Where: northwestern Randolph County three miles east of Albany
When: Wednesday at 12:43 p.m.
Who: David J. Eyde
Why: Speculation is that Eyde lost consciousness of hypoxia while flying over Michigan, the crisis somehow involving the plane’s air supply at 23000 feet. Air National Guard pilots could see the pilot, unconscious in the cockpit. The plane flew till it’s 4 hours of fuel ran out.

The plane crashed while out of control, and being followed by F-16 fighter jets

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    Pictured: Nazca Airport
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    Pictured: A Cessna 206 Super Skywagon
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