They were aboard a 1979 Cessna 182Q, of which Clements had recently become part owner of.. Beefier police presence planned at football game after BRPD chief got into scuffle while making arrest near campus. The Veron Bice family is saddened by the loss of our founding partner, Rock Palermo. 7 California, No. Paul Skenes fans a career high 13 in No. 0:00. Don was passionate about helping clients prepare financially for their best life possible. with Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson, KPLC reports that Johnson said the bodies are believed to be Rock Palermo and Richard . This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182. Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, KPLC reports. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a charitable donation to The St. Nicholas Center for Children in Lake Charles, LA (www.stnickcenter.org) or Concerns of Police Survivors (www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org). The Veron Bice family is saddened by the loss of our founding partner, Rock Palermo. HACKBERRY, La. In fact, during his training with Palermo, Kerbow says there was an emergency. The men say Palermo brought them on board the CPSO Aviation Division and add, they will miss him tremendously. Don Clement's will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday . A debris field that consisted of the wings and smaller airplane components extended about 40 yards from the crater. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. HACKBERRY, La. During a news conference livestreamed by the station, Mancuso said that when talking with Palermos wife, I joked that Rock was only an attorney so he could have a hobby of being a policeman and a pilot. The National Transportation Safety Board said the single-engine plane crashed around 9:30 a.m. Copyright 2021 KPLC. a practice stall , with a forward C of G ? According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Winds will ease into the evening. The airplane began a slow descent, which increased rapidly until the final recorded point. Rock Palermo and Don Clements were killed in a plane crash near Hackberry, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. 1 LSU's big win over Butler. These bloated agencies are primarily in the business of keeping their empires intact and in remaining on covid vacation as long as possible. It gave a number of details about the circumstances of the flight but did not indicate what caused the crash. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. It seems me that sometimes, even with all the best preparations, bad luck can find a good pilot. As noted earlier, The airplane reached about 4,500 ft above ground level (agl), as the airspeed decreased.and "recorded ADS-B data distance From: 4,325 feet @ 29.9898 -93.3416 To: Wreckage and Impact Information Latitude, Longitude: 30.009412,-93.330048 (est) has a Calculated Distance Straight line distance of only 1.28 miles"Apparent mechanical failure, or failure in the cabin.. "The crankshaft sheared aft of the propeller flange. Straight line from where? The NTSB also declared that the plane's crash was the result of "extensive internal failure of the inboard left engine" during . In addition to holding the prestigious Certified Financial Planner certificate, Don held advanced designations in the field of retirement income planning, RICP, and retirement plans, CRPC. He was an FAA licensed Airline Transport Pilot with airplane, jet and helicopter ratings. Based solely on the description of the situation, sounds to me like they decided to try to do a slow roll and screwed it up. You have permission to edit this article. The demonizing of the NTSB over not traveling to this accident included the untruthful claim "I found the missing blade". Forward CG would make the scenario begin as you describe, but airspeed increase in a dive from 4500 restores elevator authority with plenty of altitude remaining. "Two witnesses observed the airplane in a rapid descent with the nose pointed at the ground. Smoke in the cockpit that turned into a wiring fire behind the panel is a possibility not yet mentioned that might fit the circumstances. Wind Advisory in effect for the entire WBRZ BATON ROUGE - The Tigers win the Podium Challenge in the River Center with a score of 197.700. Baton Rouge man arrested in Ascension horse theft; one adult, two minors Southern University AgCenter's Livestock Show celebrates its 80th anniversary, St. John's big inning hands Southeastern second straight loss, Coach Kim Mulkey talks LSU's record-tying season. Extremely unlikely that one pilot would decide to kill himself with another pilot in the plane. NEW ORLEANS The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National. Distance From: 4,325 feet @ 29.9898 -93.3416 Distance To: Wreckage and Impact Information Latitude, Longitude: 30.009412,-93.330048 (est)Calculated Distance Straight line distance: 1.28 miles , 2.07 kilometers (km) , 6785 feet , 2068 meters. Again scratching head. It would seem the elevator itself could be jammed instead. The engine was unable to rotate through due to the impact damage. The passenger plane with 190 people on board crashed at the Calicut airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing 21 people. or a practice incipient spin, that got the spin stopped , but the nose did not come up, due to forward c of g? The Global Asset Management Group family is saddened by the loss of our dearest friend and colleague, Don Clements. This plane in a local hangar belonged to Palermo. Rock touched many, many people and this is about as tough a loss as you can get for this office and this community, Mancuso said. He was a certified flight instructor and passed on his joy of flying to many. The sales broker for the plane told investigators that on the day of the crash, the pilot reported completing a one-hour flight to meet insurance policy requirements. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. Palermo was a local attorney at Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson and was a pilot with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office. High speed nose down impact. That person told investigators he was in the back seat during a training flight on Feb. 1, and the man had done well on flight maneuvers. This seems mechanical or structural based on the flight path which, hopefully, NTSB will clear up if so. LAKE CHARLES, La. (6:43 in the #2 video)If he really did find it, a responsible person who wanted resolution for the pilots and their loved ones would have immediately called the local FSDO and made sure it got turned over by positive handoff. woman accused of using aunts debit card for 136 DoorDash orders held on preset $18 million bond, Juvenile injured after homemade pipe bomb detonated, police say. But, if it were to happen that fast, it would be likely that they would have smelled exhaust in time to do something about it. if I need to take the controls, I will take the controls, said Kerbow. Was the missing blade buried with the wreckage and not found.. or did the blade fail at 4500 feet and get thrown before the dive? Don Clements will be having a visitation from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, and funeral at 3 p.m. Click here to see Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso and District Attorney Stephen Dwight speak about what it was like to know Rock Palermo. Run-away trim that led to??? HACKBERRY, La. Fatal flight: full fuel and two heavy guys in the front. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and their children, Mary Kathryn and Will. GREENVILLE, S.C. - No. The impact crater is 15 feet deep and wings were crushed aft to the rear wing spar.Can't crush wings rearward like that or crater that deep coming in level. Could forward CG tail stall and slow airspeed be maintained (full aft elevator, lack of elevator authority) all the way to the ground with nose down? The airplane had high sink rate with a relatively flat attitude (nose close to the horizon). Im not saying thats what happened, just a theory and my original gut feeling of what might have happened, but it is a theory that seems consistent with the facts. It would recover immediately with added power.I won't go so far as to say he's nailed it as to the cause of this crash, but at least he's not off on some crazy idea. 2:22. The weekend Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. @ http://kirtlandflightcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/C182-POH.pdf notes that "Prompt lowering of the nose to maintain airspeed and establish a glide attitude is the first response to an engine failure" and a Figure indicating at a 'speed 70 kias, prop windmilling, flaps up, zero wind" the ideal glide distance from 4,000 AGL to ground is 6 miles." Well, if the cause is "something else" there is zero chance that we'll find out anything about it through a non-existent investigation by the NTSB or the FAA. (KPLC) . Louisiana authorities had identified the pilot earlier as Richard Don Clements and his instructor as Rock Palermo. [3] Clements-Mann graduated from Texas Tech University in 1968 and received her medical degree from the University of Texas in 1972. 4 LSU women's basketball Watch the 2 Your Health report for Friday, March 3, 2023. As expected, he didn't find it, just a lie told for clicks. The plane impacted soft, muddy ground near Hackberry, causing a crater that extended 15 feet deep and covering the majority of the plane. Perhaps, as a poster mentioned earlier, the trim could be stuck ("runaway") at a nose down attitude for the dive portion of this accident. A Navy fighter pilot presumed dead after two jets crashed Friday over the Pacific Ocean was identified Sunday as Lt. Nathan Poloski of Lake Arrowhead . I had a nearly half-scale Spacewalker that weighed only 25 pounds. Records show that the days first flight ended about 2:36 p.m. It's easy to understand accidents that have a clear path of poor decisions. Palermo was an instructor on the flight and Clements was a student. An avid SCUBA diver and instructor, Rock first met Kim while teaching her SCUBA diving class. Tonight & Tomorrow: Beneath clear skies, thermometers Friday AM Forecast: Wind Advisory this morning, clear and sunny this afternoon. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph R. Palermo, Jr. Rock delighted in all things involving his family. The plane would stall and fall without any elevator input at all. The plane crashed near an industrial area a few miles to the south of the Little Rock airport. Hes just one of those people you cant replace.. Stony Plain pilot Michael Clements has died following a plane crash in Spokane, Washington, reports a . I am glad he is calling out the NTSB! Don was a member of the Krewe of Contraband. All rights reserved. According to the How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Flight instructors consider Palermo a friend, mentor and best pilot they ever met. In previous comments I made elsewhere, I was just speculating. The report said two of the propeller's three blades were on the hub at the nose of the plane, but the third was not found. The initial impact crater extended about 15 ft deep and contained a majority of the airplane, to include the engine, propeller, fuselage, and empennage. NEW ORLEANS The pilot who died in a Feb. 2 plane crash in Louisiana had just bought a share in the aircraft, and the other man killed in the crash was his instructor, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday. Googled the N number to find the NTSB report and ended up here, Ive never seen this site before, Ive never commented here, So I appologise if my comment is not welcome. You can be sure that he did NOT find the blade, because he says he left it there. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182 four-seater, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, near Pete Seay Circle. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 182, crashed on a small island between Hackberry and Big Lake, LA. His half scale model Spacewalker needs to weigh 400 lbs in order to replicate prop disc effects faithfully. The families have been notified, the sheriff said. They will update with funeral arrangements and honors at a future date. 2 engine failed after takeoff. They were aboard a 1979 Cessna 182Q, of which Clements had recently become part owner of. The 182Q N4765N accident aircraft does not have the tailcone design that the AD applies to. Watch the 2 Your Health report for Thursday, Watch the 2 Your Health report for Tuesday, Crawfish Tracker: Signs of life (and price drops). Smoke billows after a small touring plane crashed over the San Donato Milanese district in Milan. There are no survivors. Dr Mary Lou Clements-Mann, epidemiologist and leading researcher on AIDS vaccines, dies with her husband, Dr Jonathan Max Mann, in Swissair plane crash off Nova Scotia; couple were on their way to . The private pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. Port Allen Pelicans basketball team soaring toward fourth-straight state title, Sample duo leading Scotlandville into playoffs, For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Joey Verrett at, LSU gymnastics club meet brings tourists to downtown Baton Rouge. The plane has crashed near Hackberry in Cameron Parish on Tuesday night. Honorary Pallbearers are William Don Clements, William Edward Shaddock, Jr., Stephen Gorham Shaddock, William Edward Shaddock II MD, Brian Ray Jones and William Craig Jones. If so, the wreckage would bear witness to that once the mud is removed. The plane took off again about 5:13 p.m. and crashed about a half-hour later. Figure 1 shows the end of the recorded flight track and the accident location. Don graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University. Authorities are investigating after a jet from Luke Air Force Base crashed near Buckeye north of the White Tank Mountains on Thursday morning, according to Sean Clements, a . The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.DATES:The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by June 29, 2020. Date & Time: February 2, 2021, 17:44 Local, Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Instructional. The 737-800 is a twin-engine, single-aisle plane commonly used for short and medium-haul flights. Would have been found if present at the impact site. We appreciate everyone's prayers Clements was a financial planner with Global Asset Management. He's blaming the crash on the theory that the three-bladed prop at idle created a flat disc effect that stopped air flow to the elevator and recovery from a stall.I know about a three-bladed prop having a flat disc effect at low throttle from my experience with giant scale model planes. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center confirmed that 61-year-old Michael Clements died Tuesday. Theyre very easy to fly and one of the reasons a lot of people choose to fly them is because theyre so safe, said Thompson, describing such arcraft. BATON ROUGE - One week into Lent and the crawfish market is seeing one of its first significant drops of the season. Port Allen Pelicans basketball team soaring toward fourth-straight state title, Sample duo leading Scotlandville into playoffs, For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Joey Verrett at, LSU gymnastics club meet brings tourists to downtown Baton Rouge. Accused murderer cleared by Baton Rouge jury after representing himself in court, released from jail, School accused of ignoring sexual misconduct of student later arrested in high-profile rape case. In what way am I misinterpreting my observations?BTW, I'm a low-time private pilot who owned a C172 in the late'90s, and I've also logged about forty hours in a C182. It won't be there when someone does go back to fetch it. In a typical configuration, it has 178 seats . Mancuso was visibly upset by his passing as spoke to those assembled, "He is one of those people you can't replace.". She died in the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 with her husband, Jonathan Mann, while traveling to a World Health Organization meeting in Geneva. When I switched to a slightly smaller three-bladed prop to get a little more tip clearance, I found that the plane would just stop flying when the throttle was pulled back to idle or near idle. Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA-EFE/Shutt. Spokane police video captures emergency response to Michael Clements' crash. When the last jumper goes out or you're doing a hammerhead stall in a glider and the aircraft is simply falling out of the sky, pointed straight down at the ground, you get comfortable waiting for the wing to start flying before easing back on the elevator. (KPLC) - Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane that went down near Hackberry Tuesday, Cameron Sheriff Don Johnson said. On January 30, 1993, Don married the love of his life, Nancy Edith Shaddock Clements, at the First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, LA. Stream LIVE news here. The plane took off again about 5:13 p.m. and crashed about a half-hour later.