That accident was attributed to Pilot error as I remember.

Tried to take off with snow or frost or ice on wings.

Big John

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:40:05 -0800 (PST), jcarlyle
wrote:

His name was Arland D. Williams, Jr. Here's a Wiki write-up about
him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arland_D._Williams_Jr. It mentions
that the Time article was written before Arland's identity was known.

-John


On Jan 18, 12:05 am, brtlmj wrote:

Another hero, "the man in the water":http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...925257,00.html

B.