Central Flying Services | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Monroe Crash Kills Pilot and Three Passengers https://airflightdisaster.com/monrie-crash-kills-pilot-and-three-passengers/ Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:51:53 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=23795 On January 24, 2013, a Central Flying Services Inc Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Beaumont Municipal to Monroe Regional Airport was on approach to Monroe when it crashed for unknown reasons. Four minutes before the crash, the pilot told ATC of problems with the plane’s landing gear. ATC lost contact with the plane at...

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On January 24, 2013, a Central Flying Services Inc Beechcraft A36 Bonanza en route from Beaumont Municipal to Monroe Regional Airport was on approach to Monroe when it crashed for unknown reasons. Four minutes before the crash, the pilot told ATC of problems with the plane’s landing gear. ATC lost contact with the plane at 1:49 p.m. The plane crashed eight miles from the airport. Witnesses saw the plane circle and nosedive into the woods.

The plane impacted behind Ouachita Correctional Center in Richwood. The manifest says Dean Hart Sr. of West Monroe, owner of Hart Commercial Investments, and Max Larche of Bastrop, engineer with Lazenby & Associates in West Monroe and Don Thompson of Monroe were passengers aboard the flight. The three businessmen were returning from a business trip to Beaumont.

The pilot was also a fatality.

Emergency services included police and fire firefighters, firefighters on ATV. Firefighters relied on fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.

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