mspurgeo@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Mike Spurgeon) (02/05/91)
It's happened, to the best of my knowledge, for only the 2nd time. The
collision of a jump plane and another aircraft. The following sketchy
Associated Press article was in the 4 Feb 1991 Columbus (OH) Dispatch.
OSCEOLA, Wis. (AP) -- an
airplane on a sky-diving expedition
collided yesterday with another air-
craft near this rural community, kill-
ing all seven people on the two
planes, officials said.
The crash occurred over woods
and frozen marsh about a mile south
of the airport in Osceola, a north-
western Wisconsin community about
40 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
Debris was scattered for 300
yards, said Coroner John Simenstad.
Bob Borner, a member of the St.
Croix Valley Sky-Divers Club, said
five club members, four men and one
woman, were in a Cessna 182 that
collided with another plane not affi-
liated with the club.
Names of the victims were not
immediately released, and it was not
clear whether a jump had just taken
place.
Mike Spurgeon West Virginia Skydivers
P.O. Box 1 Jackson County Airport
Athens OH 45701 Millwood WV 25262
Internet: mspurgeo@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu