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CAP Searchers Die in Catalina Buckeye Crash
Two Civil Air Patrol officers Maj. Jerry Hustin and Lt. Ronald Anderson died when their T34 crashed 20 miles south of Buckeye while searching for a missing plane. Officials say fuel loss and radio contact failure contributed as they approached a ridge 500 feet from the top of a 3,000 foot mountain. The missing aircraft had flown from Blythe to Tucson last Wednesday carrying a Bakersfield pilot and Mojave passenger. The fatalities raise Arizona light plane deaths to 21 this year, including four CAP fliers.
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Buckeye
Ar‘yean Civil Air Patrol
Jerry Hustin
Ronald L. Anderson
Raa Butte
Phoenix
Hustin
CAP
Anderson
Blythe
Calif
Tucson
William Tanner
Bakersfield
Patricia Brewer
Mojave
Hustin and
Arizona