that friggin sucks. kid lost his whole family.

That occurred about eight miles from here.Nothing but speculation so
far.

It certainly is tragic, but the kid does have a surviving older
brother in D.C.

The experienced pilot was reportedly intending to land at UNV, and was
only about two miles from it, but (according to a credible witness)
was heading away from it. Stalled and spun. Surface temps were just
about freezing and there was an overcast, but I don't know how high
the ceiling was.

As the local paper reported it, the witness saw the a/c stall, if that
is correct, it stalled in VMC, below the overcast.

A local airport operator, NOT UNV, gave a know-it-all interview to a
local TV station, saying it was icing. Perhaps the NTSB should hire
him and save a lot of expense on accident investigations.

vince norris