Not anything new to me except the alt. at which they found the plane and the total height of the area
" CAP finds Cirrus SR20 wreckage
Apr. 20 — Cirrus Design Corporation has sent a factory representative to aid in the investigation of a fatal crash on April 10 near Tucson, Arizona, of a Cirrus SR20 aircraft carrying three Wisconsin men. It was the first fatal crash of a customer delivered SR20. Killed in the accident were the owner and pilot of the aircraft, 54-year-old Douglas M. Koehler of Mequon, Wisconsin; his brother Rodney Koehler, 47, of Appleton, Wisconsin; and Rodney Koehler’s 17-year-old son, Christopher. The wreckage was found April 14 at an elevation of 5,200 feet on the side of a 7,000-foot mountain, 32 miles southeast of Tucson, sources said. Weather may have been a factor. Pilot records available on the Internet indicate that Koehler did not have an instrument rating. The aircraft, N number N116CD, was the eleventh SR20 delivered. The wreckage was located by the Civil Air Patrol, which had alerted all search units along the route of flight. "
As a matter of interest, it was earlier reported that the flight was planned from Tuscon to Wisconsin. Wonder why they were 32 miles southeast of Tuscon, when the expected route of flight would be to the north or northeast. North would be most likely, since there are also mountains to the northeast of Tuscon.
Pete
Not anything new to me except the alt. at which they found the plane and the total height of the area
" CAP finds Cirrus SR20 wreckage
Apr. 20 — Cirrus Design Corporation has sent a factory representative to aid in the investigation of a fatal crash on April 10 near Tucson, Arizona, of a Cirrus SR20 aircraft carrying three Wisconsin men. It was the first fatal crash of a customer delivered SR20. Killed in the accident were the owner and pilot of the aircraft, 54-year-old Douglas M. Koehler of Mequon, Wisconsin; his brother Rodney Koehler, 47, of Appleton, Wisconsin; and Rodney Koehler’s 17-year-old son, Christopher. The wreckage was found April 14 at an elevation of 5,200 feet on the side of a 7,000-foot mountain, 32 miles southeast of Tucson, sources said. Weather may have been a factor. Pilot records available on the Internet indicate that Koehler did not have an instrument rating. The aircraft, N number N116CD, was the eleventh SR20 delivered. The wreckage was located by the Civil Air Patrol, which had alerted all search units along the route of flight. "