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Plane Crash- (Continued from page 1)the aircraft and killed instantly.The small aircraft was termed “grossly damaged/’ with parts spread over approximately a quarter-mfle, The left wing-tlp of the plane hit the ground first, as the plane skipped” up a slight incline, according to investigators. There wasno fire.Officials conducting the investigation at the scene of the crash included Pecos County Sheriff Pete Ten Eyck; Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Joe Johnson of Odessa, Jack Halpern, Fort Worth, of the National Transportation Safety Hoard; and N. C. Miller of El Paso, a federal Aviation Agency official.Several other local law enforcement officers assisted in various stages of the investigation, Including Pecos County Sheriffs Deputies, Highway Patrol officers, and Les Whittington of the Gam? ManagementOf'lce.Local Civil Air Patrol members were praised for their efficiency in conducting the searchfor the m ssing aircraft. Thesearch was initiated at 9:15 a.m.Wednesday, about 110 hours after the estimated time of the crash. The fAA stated thatthe men did not file a flight plan, and plane-owner Gary Tucker told Sheriff Ten Eyck that he requested the search after the men had failed to return to Carlsbad by Wednesdaymorning.The complete flight path between New Mexico and Del Riobad t*“*n covered within two hour*, of local notification, aid the wreckage was discovered slightly of? the expected flighti ath a lew minutes later.f ort Stockton pilot Odis Holl-man will receive a Civil Air Patrol award In about 10 days, according to Lt. Col. Johnson,for his part as pilot of the airplane which located the wreckage. Eugene Upshaw was with Holiman as spotter in the plane.five lort Stockton airplanes were airborne where the crash site was located. Two others were about to take off to jointhe search at the time, with four more fort Stockton planes being readied to join the searchas soon as the pilots arrived. Two additional planes fromOdessa and one from Pampa had landed at the Fort Stockton Airport, but the wreckage was found before they could join in the search pattern.Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hargus of the Big Bend Flying Service provided local headquarters forthe search, turning over the radio, telephone and charts of Big Bend Flying Service to theCAP.Othro Adams handled search details as ground coordinator, while other men participating in the search as pilots and spotters were Elton Holland, Jr., A. E. Ivy, Albert Bean, Dean Williams, Jim Hawkins, Bert Kincaid, Jr., Dick Flores, Bill Barker, Lyle Scott, Ed Havins, Dave Roberson, L. C. Holladay,Aubrey Price, Billy Bob Pounds and Manuel Arvizu.Holiman landed his plane on an adjoining ranch and was first on the scene of the crash using a borrowed pickup truck. Les Whittington and Lt. Col. Johnson arrived shortly, and confirmed the crash to local law of trials. They were directed to the crash scene by CAP Commander D ck Flores, who was circling the crash site.It was the fourth fatal airplane crash in this area of West Texas in the past 18 months, according to Johnson.Bodies were brought hereWednesday afternoon, and were sent to separate points for burial Friday by Owen Funeral Home of Fort Stockton.funeral services for Haberer were held In Earth, Texas, at 3 p.m. Friday. He is survivedby his wife and one daughter.Services in Earth were handled by Parsons-EUis-Singleton Funerai Home.Moews is survived b\ hts9wife, two sons and three daughters, One of his children was only four weeks old at the time of the crash. The body was sent to Thayer, Missouri, where funeral services are scheduled for today (Sunday), under the direction o: Carter Funeral Home.Moews was a second-year student at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales,
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Fort Stockton Sunday Pioneer
Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Sun, Mar 30, 1969
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