"Ronnie" wrote in message
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We had a crash at GTU, Georgetown, TX yesterday. A Cessna 182
with 4 men on board crashed on takeoff off runway 11. The aircraft
crashed just outside the airport boundary into a field with small oak,
scrub and grass. It burned on impact. You certainly can't put much
stock in the new reports, but the local news outlets reported witnesses
hearing a "sputting" engine as the airplane went down. They also reported
that the pilot and one other man died and the two others were burned
and transported to burn centers. They were headed to Colorado for
a ski trip. The aircraft was Mexican registration based based at GTU
and hangared in the same hangar where I kept my Aztec.

4 men and bags plus gas to get from Texas to Colorado in a 182. Wow that
smells like max gross weight to me. I'm sorry to hear of yet another
possibly preventable accident in GA.

I have lost close friends in aviation accidents before and my thoughts do go
out to their family and friends. Not a good time.