On 12 Jul 2006 09:49:50 -0700, "rps" wrote:

Bob Gardner wrote:
He was westbound, Spokane to Seattle, so he wasn't into the mountains yet.
Nothing has been said about an engine out, but "unable to maintain altitude"
doesn't make sense if both engines were running...and there certainly wasn't
any ice in Eastern Washington that night.

AirPac is a good outfit, great people to work for.

I've flown with the this pilot a couple of times. He and his friend,
who I've also flown with, joined AirPac a few months ago.

I understand from the news that AirPac had another crash a few months
ago.

The other (previous) AirPac crash was at Bayview (KBVS, Eric Beard was
the pilot).

JFYI, the Easton wreckage has been recovered. Engine tear-downs
/ inspections are commencing as I type this (word has it neither
propeller was feathered at the time of the crash). Hopefully
the NTSB will be able to determine what went wrong....

Bela P. Havasreti