He was not operating a 135 operation illegally.. (as far as I know) .
He was operating a part 91 fractional ownership legally (as far as I know).
Many other 135 operators from OKC area complained to the Fed's which opened
up an investigation which I believe cleared that issue.

I only knew of his landing short with no fuel incident from a personal
conversation with him.. I do not know of the others.
BT

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"BTIZ" wrote in message
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the aircraft is non forgiving
he was an experienced pilot with the Smith Aerostar
the aircraft uses 100LL for fuel
the engines are very fussy to spark plug fouling with any debris or
contamination in the fuel
or any fluctuations in the fuel pressure due to debris or contamination
in the fuel

turning base to final inside the location of the house.
is much different than taking off over it


The press here in Oklahoma wasn't very kind to the pilot. The news story
ran in the paper for several days as the family that perished was a young
and upcoming and had a very successful business. IIRC, the pilot had been
in trouble with the FAA, for running a 135 operation illegally. I
believe he operated out of Wiley Post, (PWA). He also had some prior
accidents. One in which the aircraft landed long and hot and ran through
a chain link fence. Another time he ran out of fuel. It seems he also
scared some passengers by flying in the mountains in below vfr conditions
and nearly hitting terrain. I could be wrong about some of this.


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