التاريخ: 10-03 -2008 الموافق 02 ربيع الاول 1429هـ
نوع الطائرة: Cessna 210 خاصة (محرك واحد)
المكان: أبيفيل / ولاية المسيسيبي / أمريكا
Abbeville / Mississippi /USA
عدد الضحايا: 3 أشخاص
أدى تحطم طائرة خاصة صغير ذات محرك واحد من نوع (سيسنا 210) يوم الاثنين الماضي إلى مقل رجل الأعمال لافييت و المسوؤل باتريك لابلانك بالقرب من أبيفيل.
وتقوم لجنة تحقيق من مجلس سلامة النقل الوطني الفيدرالي الأمريكي بتقصي أسباب وقوع الحادث.
وقع الحادث مساء الاثنين عند الساعة بعد 8 مساءً وعلى مسافة 5 أميال شرقي أبفيل في ولاية ميسيسيبي.
Two people, including Lafayette businessman and civic leader Patrick LeBlanc, were killed Monday night in the crash of a single-engine plane along LA-82 near Abbeville.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board. The flight originated in Jackson, Mississippi. The 53-year-old LeBlanc of Youngsville and the pilot, 60-year-old R. Solomon Reed Jr. of Opelousas, were killed when the plane went down just after 8 p.m. Monday about five-miles north of Abbeville.
The preliminary investigation is expected to be completed early next week, NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said.
He said the full investigation generally takes a year or more and will consider all possible causes, including equipment failure, pilot error and bad weather.
Reed, 60, of Opelousas, had taught flying and done contract pilot work for several years in Acadiana.
He piloted part-time and also worked as a respiratory therapist at area hospitals, said Ricky Gennuso, a friend who once employed Reed to teach flying at the St. Landry Parish Airport.
“He was a very competent pilot, and all the students loved him,” Gennuso said.
LeBlanc had a long history of civic service, serving in leadership positions with the Lafayette Jaycees, the Acadiana Homebuilders Association, Concerned Citizens for Good Government and the Cajundome Commission.
He was an active fundraiser for local and national political campaigns and Republican causes, hosting fundraisers at his home for U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany — featuring guest Vice President Dick Cheney —and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
“Pat was my dear friend, a loving family man and a leader in the Lafayette community. It is a terrible loss, and my thoughts and prayers are with Jennifer and his children. Bridget and I will miss him greatly,” Boustany said in a statement his office released Tuesday.
LeBlanc was an architect by profession and with his brother owned LCS Corrections Services, which operates private prisons in Louisiana, Alabama and Texas.