William "Bill" Rooney Jr. | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:35:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Rooney Family Crash https://airflightdisaster.com/rooney-family-crash/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:33:10 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=2127 What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County) When: 01/11/2009 9:40 a.m. Who: 2 fatalities-William “Bill” Rooney Jr. and son William Patrick Rooney III Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport. They had...

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]]> What: PC-12 Eagle single-engine turboprop from (to) Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
Where: Hayden Colorado (Routt County)
When: 01/11/2009 9:40 a.m.
Who: 2 fatalities-William “Bill” Rooney Jr. and son William Patrick Rooney III
Why: The Pilatus PC-12 crashed 2 miles from Hayden Colorado ten minutes after takeoff, apparently attempting to return to the airport. They had already delayed their trip home to Yorba Linda from Steamboat Springs with the intention of avoiding strong Santa Ana winds near Chino Hills.

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