FOUR KILLED IN MINNESOTA SR22 CRASH
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#196677)
A Cirrus SR22 was on its second try to land at the Faribault
airport in southern Minnesota on Sunday afternoon when it flipped
over and burst into flames by the side of the runway. All four on
board were killed. The pilot, Dr. Chester W. P. Mayo, 51, was a
descendant of one of the founders of the famed Mayo Clinic. The
others on board were his 17-year-old son and two of his friends,
who were on their way back to school after the holiday. Winds were
gusting at up to 20 knots, but officials weren't speculating as to
whether that was a factor in the crash, and also didn't say why
the pilot had aborted his first landing attempt. The airplane had
departed from Aberdeen, .D. "There's very little left [of the
airplane]," Faribault Police Chief Dan Collins told the Associated
Press

(http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...vym6AD8T5EMF00)
on Sunday.




http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...vym6AD8T5EMF00
The four-seat plane burst into flames and scattered debris across
the airfield when it crashed just off the runway. ...

"There's very little left," Faribault Police Chief Dan Collins
said Sunday. Wind was gusting above 20 mph, but it hadn't been
determined if that contributed to the crash, he said. ...

Since 2002, the SR22 has been involved in 17 accidents resulting
in 35 deaths, according to the NTSB...



http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis...26/planecrash/
Surgeon and three teenagers killed in Faribault plane crash
November 26, 2007
Faribault, Minn. — (AP) - Authorities have identified all four
victims killed in this weekend's Faribault plane crash.

Dr. Chester W.P. Mayo, an orthopedic surgeon, was a descendent of
the brothers who founded the Mayo Clinic. Mayo, who was piloting
the Cirrus SR22, was bringing his eldest son back to boarding
school in Faribault following the Thanksgiving holiday break.

His son, Chester Mayo Jr., 17, also died in the crash, along with
Corey Lyn Creger, 18, and Jay Wang, 17. Creger, a Faribault
native, was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and
Wang was Chester Mayo Jr.'s roomate at Shattuck-St. Mary's school.
...

Joseph Mayo, who is an orthopedic surgeon in Placentia, Calif.,
said he and Chester both learned to fly airplanes before they were
old enough to drive cars.

"He's an incredibly careful, well-trained pilot. He had his
instrument rating," Joseph Mayo said. "It wasn't all that exciting
flying with him, because he was always worried and concerned and
double checking and all that." ...

King says there about 2,700 SR22s in the market. Since 2002, the
SR22 has been involved in 17 accidents resulting in 35 deaths,
according to the National Transportation Safety Board.