Pilot Was Ill-Prepared, Froze in Flight, FAA Says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...051301570.html

Saturday, May 14, 2005; Page B01

The pilot who caused a midday panic in Washington on Wednesday failed
to get briefings about the weather and restricted airspace and became
lost minutes after leaving a Pennsylvania airport, Federal Aviation
Administration records show.

Hayden "Jim" Sheaffer, 69, froze when he saw a Black Hawk helicopter
appear near his right wing while flying toward the White House and
had difficulty operating his small, single-engine aircraft, officials
said yesterday. It took the valiant effort of Sheaffer's student-pilot
companion, Troy D. Martin, who had only 30 logged hours of flight
time, to take over the controls and land the plane at an airport in
Frederick, officials said.

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Wonder how well he did on his BFR's....?


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