Plane Crash Investigation Expands With FAA and NTSB Teams
NTSB representatives and FAA officials led a coordinated probe into the crash, with organizations including Cessna and Georgia Pacific contributing data. Investigators focused on operations, systems, structures, human factors, and weather. Witnesses cited wind and ILS loss, while Curtis noted weather checks post crash and the FAA will assess weather influence.
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Powell
NTSB
Federal Aviation Agency
Cessna Corporation
Georgia Pacific Corporation
Ray Wilson
Southern Division
Daily Telegraph
Augusta
Mercer County
Frederick
Wilson
Maddocks
Timberlands
Bluefield
Martin
Sink
FAA
Link
Ted Curtis
FAAS
Curtis
Civil Air Patrol
Mercer County Airfield Faces Runway Cost Barrier
Grubb notes localizers damaged delaying repairs and says a longer runway would aid jet landings but is not feasible due to cost. He cites heavy corporate jet traffic tied to nearby coalfields and explains pilots decide landings based on weather and visibility. Airport plans include new lights and expanded ramps while FAA funding unlikely.
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Grubb
Mercer County
Federal Aviation Administration
Airport Authority
Moore Named Bank President
The Commercial Bank of Bluefield named Robert W. Moore as President and Chief Executive Officer and elected him Chairman after Moore had been Acting CEO since May 1980. Directors elected include Paul H. Bailey and Harold D. Brewster Jr. plus Moore. other officers named. A separate note reports a fire near Tazewell destroyed a house on U S Route 460 with no injuries.
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Commercial Bank of Bluefield
Robert W. Moore
Moore
Sheraton Inn
Paul H. Bailey
Harold D. Brewster Jr
H.W. Coppinger
Duane L. Davis
W.T. Hall
William H. Looney Jr
Alex B. Mahood Jr
John J. Mahood
Joseph M. Sanders Jr
Jack W. Sarver
David H. Shields
John F. Wilkinson
Martha J. Richardson
Charles E. Lester
Julia C. Linkous
John L. Thomas
Tazewell County
Bob Heldreth
Ed Asbury
James Sinclair
Heldreth
Mercer County Board Approves Site Preparation Bids
The Mercer County Board of Education approved base bids and alternates for site prep on three new schools Bluefield Matoaka and Montcalm. Montcalm bid went to Southern West Virginia Construction Co for 200971 Matoaka to Corte Company 172500 and Bluefield base bid to RBS Inc at 567900 with 90 day option 773200.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Montcalm
Matoaka
Allen Lackey
Harold Wood
Harold Brewster
Ben Faulkner
Jim Oxley
Matoaka High School
Montcalm High School
Southern West Virginia Construction Co
Corte Company
RBS, Inc
B of
Oxley
Brewster
Ned Eller
SEM Partners Inc
SEM
Hughes
Princeton High School
Princeton Council Votes To Keep Police Talks Private
Princeton City Council held an executive session lasting just under two hours to discuss personnel matters in the police department. Mayor Skeens and City Manager Juhl released few details, saying no action was taken and that personnel matters were discussed.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Lewis I. Skeens
James Juhl
Princeton Police Department
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