Ohio midair crash kills 3

On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:14:05 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote in :

On 5/16/2007 11:48:02 AM, Larry Dighera wrote:

10:49 Bonanza N1835L 4 mi ... 6,000' we'll be entering L DW
for ...6


Is this correct, Larry? The pilot stated he was at 6,000 feet and only four
miles from the airport, which has a traffic pattern altitude of approximately
1,800 feet?



I found that datum troubling also. The Bonanza would have been
descending rather rapidly to arrive at the pattern entry point at
1,800'. Because the Bonanza reported he was north of the field and
would make a left down wind entry to runway six, he may have been in a
slight right bank at that point obscuring his view of the Cessna out
the side window.

The Cessna pilots transmission is more difficult for me to decipher,
but if he flew a left crosswind after departing runway six, he could
have also been in a bank to the right or left depending on whether he
was departing the pattern on the left 45 or remaining in the pattern.
If the later, his view

Listen to the recording, and see if you agree with what I heard:
http://www.sarangan.org/aviation/sca...2007051115.mp3 Where I
included ellipsis (...) in the Broadcast column, it is meant to
indicate that some of the transmission was unintelligible to me.