Twin Engine Cessna 172 crashs :)

[Robert M. Gary]

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10407489p-11327183c.html

Emphasis added...
"
YUBA CITY - The pilot of a small plane of Canadian registry was killed
while trying to take off from a street in a new subdivision, a
spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.
The pilot died about 11:15 p.m. Sunday. The Cessna 172 had
successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
crashed and burned while attempting to take off, FAA spokesman Donn
Walker said.

Officials don't know why he landed in a suburban area or tried to take
off again.

The pilot of the ==>>TWO-ENGINE<<==, four-passenger Skyhawk was
believed to be in his mid-50s, but positive identification has yet to
be established, Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said.

"No one has reported a plane missing," Denney said.

The plane bore the tail ID designation "GTKX," Walker said.

Witnesses reported the plane's tail clipped a traffic sign during the
takeoff try"

[Bob Gardner]

Easy explanation...he had the second engine in the back seat/baggage
compartment and was outside of the W&B envelope.

Bob Gardner

"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
om...
> http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10407489p-11327183c.html
>
> Emphasis added...
> "
> YUBA CITY - The pilot of a small plane of Canadian registry was killed
> while trying to take off from a street in a new subdivision, a
> spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.
> The pilot died about 11:15 p.m. Sunday. The Cessna 172 had
> successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
> crashed and burned while attempting to take off, FAA spokesman Donn
> Walker said.
>
> Officials don't know why he landed in a suburban area or tried to take
> off again.
>
> The pilot of the ==>>TWO-ENGINE<<==, four-passenger Skyhawk was
> believed to be in his mid-50s, but positive identification has yet to
> be established, Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said.
>
> "No one has reported a plane missing," Denney said.
>
> The plane bore the tail ID designation "GTKX," Walker said.
>
> Witnesses reported the plane's tail clipped a traffic sign during the
> takeoff try"

[Guy Middleton]

In article >,
Robert M. Gary > wrote:
> http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10407489p-11327183c.html
>
> Emphasis added...
> "
> YUBA CITY - The pilot of a small plane of Canadian registry was killed
> while trying to take off from a street in a new subdivision, a
> spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.
> The pilot died about 11:15 p.m. Sunday. The Cessna 172 had
> successfully landed on Claremont Street in the Shanghai Bend area, but
> crashed and burned while attempting to take off, FAA spokesman Donn
> Walker said.
>
> Officials don't know why he landed in a suburban area or tried to take
> off again.
>
> The pilot of the ==>>TWO-ENGINE<<==, four-passenger Skyhawk was
> believed to be in his mid-50s, but positive identification has yet to
> be established, Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said.
>
> "No one has reported a plane missing," Denney said.
>
> The plane bore the tail ID designation "GTKX," Walker said.
>
> Witnesses reported the plane's tail clipped a traffic sign during the
> takeoff try"

A quick search at
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepages/ccarcs/en/current_e.asp#quick?x_lang=e
reveals that GTKX is (was!) a 172 with only one engine. :-)

[Tom S.]

"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
...
> Easy explanation...he had the second engine in the back seat/baggage
> compartment and was outside of the W&B envelope.
>
> Bob Gardner

Maybe it was a 337/Skymaster?