I was at a poker run a week ago in my A36 with 5 people we took off at BNG
(banning) we were behind a Cherokee 140. We watched the 140 almost crash. I
got on the radio and asked if he was in trouble he replied back yes. I told
him keep the nose down 3 or 4 times as i was watching him. He made it thank
god.

A bunch of us witnessed the same thing happen at OSH, when a Beech
Skipper departed Rwy 27 and disappeared behind the mall across Hwy 41
from the airport. One of our group immediately called the tower on
his hand-held, and informed them that a plane may have crashed.

Just then the radio crackled to life, with the voice of a guy who was
clearly under stress, saying "That's us! We think we're running on 3
cylinders, but we're gonna try to make it to Marshfield!"

I watched the papers and NTSB reports after that, and never saw any
accident report, so he apparently made it.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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